Suppose a mass on a spring that is slowed by friction has the position function s(t) =

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Suppose a mass on a spring that is slowed by friction has the position function s(t) = e-t sin t. 

a. Graph the position function. At what times does the oscillator pass through the position s = 0?

b. Find the average value of the position on the interval [0, π].

c. Generalize part (b) and find the average value of the position on the interval [nπ, (n + 1)π], for n = 0, 1, 2, . . .

d. Let an be the absolute value of the average position on the intervals [nπ, (n + 1)π], for n = 0, 1, 2, . . . Describe the pattern in the numbers a0, a1, a2, . . .

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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