Question: ( c ) Simon now decides to use the engine more realistically to fly a rocket vertically upwards with speed given by v = a

(c) Simon now decides to use the engine more realistically to fly a rocket vertically upwards with speed given by
v=at for t the time in seconds, where the acceleration a is assumed to be constant.
Simon wants to find the maximum possible value of T by controlling the acceleration a via the engine design. Finding
the value of T from (*) for a given value of a will involve solving the cubic equation
Y=233a2T3-92aT2+1T.
Simon realises that one can find a maximum value for T by using implicit differentiation. Writing T as T(a) and
differentiating, Simon finds an equation one can solve to give exactly one non-zero value of T(as a function of a)
where dTda=0. What is this value of T?
Answer: T(a)=
(d) From this value of T(a), Simon now solves equation (**) to find the acceleration a that allows the rocket to run
for the maximum time. What is the value of a(as a function of Y) in this case?
( c ) Simon now decides to use the engine more

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