Refer to the graph and information. an ant is crawling on a straight wire. the velocity, v(t), of the ant at time 0 ≤ t ≤ 8 is given in the graph. note: the graph on 0 ≤ t ≤ 2 is a semicircle. part a. given the velocity curve, at which time (t) is the speed of the ant greatest? a. 0 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 e. 8 part b. an ant’s position during an 8 second time interval is shown by the graph. what is the total distance the ant travelled over the time interval 2 ≤ t ≤ 8? a. 2 b. 4 c. 6 d. 7 e. 8 part c. what is the total distance traveled by the ant over the time interval 0 ≤ t ≤ 8? a. 4 - pi/2 b. 4 + pi/2 c. 4 + pi d. 3pi/4 - 5 e. 7 + pi/2

Part A

D) 4



The graph given to use is the velocity of the ant at time t. Look at the graph and locate the highest point, which is at (x,y) = (4,3) where the triangular portion peaks out. They want the x coordinate or the t coordinate, so x = t = 4


Part B

D) 7



Side Note: I'm going to assume there's a typo and it meant to say the ant's velocity rather than position. Otherwise, it would be inconsistent with what part A is saying.

To find the total distance, we find the area under the velocity curve. Any areas below the x axis are treated as positive areas because we want the total distance (instead of the displacement)

The area of the first triangle on the left is 6 square units because
A = b*h/2
A = 4*3/2
A = 12/2
A = 6

The smaller triangle is 1 square unit since
A = b*h/2
A = 2*1/2
A = 2/2
A = 1

The total area of the two triangles combined is 6+1 = 7 square units

The total distance traveled from t = 2 to t = 8 is 7


Part C

E) 7+pi/2



Note: Again I'm assuming that this curve is the velocity (not position) curve

This is essentially identical to part B above. The only difference is the fact that we start at t = 0 this time instead of t = 2

So the answer to part B will be added onto the area of the semicircle

Area of semicircle = (area of full circle)/2
Area of semicircle = (pi*r^2)/2
Area of semicircle = (pi*1^2)/2
Area of semicircle = pi/2

Therefore, we add on pi/2 to the previous answer (back in part B) of 7

That's why the final answer here is 7+(pi/2) or simply 7+pi/2