A ≈ 1501.3cm²
]]>In fact, without the blade variation, no integration is even needed. See my edit in 35.
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I see your point Ricky. If all of the information was correct from the beginning, yes, it would be a rather simple calculation. The changing length would not make it more difficult if the functions were defined correctly.
]]>y1 represents the height of the top of the blade
y2 represents the height of the bottom of the blade
Is that what you just said? haha
I believe either y1 or y2 is incorrect.
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Interestingly, using simple geometry and assuming no blade length variations produces a pretty good approximation.
120° represents 1/3 of a circle
1/3 π(40)² - 1/3 π(10)² = 500π ≈ 1570.796327cm²
]]>Or the function don't represent the changing lenght of the blade, in which case I believe this question is impossible.
I'd rather go with the first option personally.
]]>It all stemmed from how the intersection points were defined. And the ho-hum, by the way, varying length blade does indeed make the situation more complicated. Like I have said all along, this problem should have been really simple, but something is not quite right.
]]>And shouldn't the y3(right boundary function) be y = 40 - x/:raic3?
Yep. Big mistake on my part. Nice catch.
When I find the length of the wiper blade based on my functions (with the √3 change), I get the blade goes from 23.5307 to 30cm. Not exactly 20-30, but close. Is the question wrong? Is the interpretation of it? Not sure.
]]>And shouldn't the y3(right boundary function) be y = 40 - x/√3 ?
If I follow all of the rules of finding the intersections of the lines and using them as the limits of integrations I get:
y1 = y3(my y3 that is) at x = 1.63899453, we'll call this b
y3 = y2 at x = 32.55915054, we'll call this c
We will use 0 = a for the origin
We will assume the functions given are correct so that;
y1 = x²/50 + 30
y2 = x²/50
y3 = 40 - x/√3
We will multiply the integrals by two because the two halves are symmetrical.
2 {∫y1 - y2 dx]from a to b + ∫y3 - y2 dx]from b to c} which gives;
2(∫30 dx]a to b + ∫40 - x/√3 - x²/50 dx]b to c)
2{ [30x]a,b + [40x - x²/√12 - x³/150]b,c}
If you plug in the values of a, b, and c you will get;
A = 1501.301771cm²
That is strictly by the rules.
The problem is with the points b and c. (y1 at b and y2 at c)
pb = (1.638994538, 30.05372606)
pc = (32.55915054, 21.20196568)
We all know how to find the distance between these two points, and in this case it equals;
blade length = √[(dx)² + (dy)²]
blade length = 32.16224042!
That measurement contradicts the stipulated conditions, but it was done using the equations given for the endpoints of the wiper blade.
This is what I was talking about all along in a formal way. The blade should be 20cm long at the end of its swing and 30cm at the origin. I could not and still can not find where the discrepency lies.
]]>The problem gives two curves and two lines, and want you to find the area inbetween all of them.
What's wrong with this?
]]>2{[∫y1 - y2 dx] + [∫y3 - y2]}
If y1 = x²/50 + 30, y2 = x²/50, y3 = 40 - x/√3 then the above becomes;
2 {[30x]0 to b + [40x - x²/√(12) - x³/150]b to x max}
That would indeed give you the area that you seek, but you would have to have the correct limits of integration. This determination is where all of the discussion has taken place.
Right now you just have;
-x³/75 -x²/√3 + 80x + b³/75 + b²/√3 - 20b = A
But that is assuming that you can figure out what the proper value of x max and b are to plug into the above formula. If you read the last several posts there are some questions raised as to what exactly they should be given the original conditions of the problem. Are you absolutely sure that you did not leave anything out? Especially check out posts 18 through 24 again to see what I am talking about.
]]>I think that my last post raised serious questions about the conditions stated in the problem. I used equivalent trigonomic functions and found that they would not produce the same values that are stipulated by the functions originally given. I think that we are missing something here.
In other words, this type of problem is quite easy to solve normally, but all of the conditions stated in the original problem can not be satisfied.
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