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{"name": "Applied Differentiation: Stationary Points - Volcanic Bomb", "extensions": [], "custom_part_types": [], "resources": [["question-resources/volc_bomb.png", "/srv/numbas/media/question-resources/volc_bomb.png"]], "navigation": {"allowregen": true, "showfrontpage": false, "preventleave": false, "typeendtoleave": false}, "question_groups": [{"pickingStrategy": "all-ordered", "questions": [{"variables": {"height": {"name": "height", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "({u}*{t})-((1/2*{g})*{t}^2)", "description": "", "templateType": "anything"}, "t": {"name": "t", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "-{u}/-{g}", "description": "", "templateType": "anything"}, "u": {"name": "u", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "random(20..50#1)", "description": "", "templateType": "randrange"}, "g": {"name": "g", "group": "Ungrouped variables", "definition": "9.81", "description": "", "templateType": "number"}}, "ungrouped_variables": ["u", "g", "t", "height"], "advice": "<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please see the steps for the advice.</span></strong></p>", "extensions": [], "name": "Applied Differentiation: Stationary Points - Volcanic Bomb", "parts": [{"steps": [{"vsetrange": [0, 1], "vsetrangepoints": 5, "answer": "u-gt", "marks": 1, "scripts": {}, "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "variableReplacements": [], "showpreview": true, "prompt": "<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This question involves stationary points. You want to find the point where velocity is equal to zero as this is the stationary point (i.e. the maximum height the volcanic bomb reaches).</span></strong></p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> You do not have velocity in the equation given, only initial velocity. However you know that velocity is the change in distance over the change in</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> time. </span></strong></p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore differentiate $S$ (distance) with respect to $t$ using the original equation in the question statement to give velocity,$v$, giving your answer as a mathematical expression.</span></strong></p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$v$ = $\\frac{\\text{d} S}{\\text{d} t}$ =&nbsp;</span></strong></p>", "expectedvariablenames": [], "type": "jme", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "checkvariablenames": false, "showFeedbackIcon": true}, {"vsetrange": [0, 1], "vsetrangepoints": 5, "answer": "-u/-g", "marks": 1, "scripts": {}, "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "variableReplacements": [], "showpreview": true, "prompt": "<p>Now that you have an equation to work out velocity, you can rearrange to obtain an equation&nbsp;for when velocity is zero as this is a stationary point (i.e. maximum height as the bomb has no velocity). Give your answer as a mathematical expression, with $t$ as the subject.</p>\n<p>When $v = 0, t$ (in $s$) =</p>", "expectedvariablenames": [], "type": "jme", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "checkingtype": "absdiff", "checkingaccuracy": 0.001, "checkvariablenames": false, "showFeedbackIcon": true}, {"strictPrecision": true, "allowFractions": false, "notationStyles": ["plain", "en", "si-en"], "marks": 1, "showFeedbackIcon": true, "scripts": {}, "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "variableReplacements": [], "correctAnswerStyle": "plain", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "precisionType": "dp", "prompt": "<p>Substitute known values into this equation to give an expression for time, $t$, in seconds as this is the time at which the volcanic bomb is at its maximum height (to&nbsp;<strong>3 decimal places</strong>).</p>\n<p>$t$ (in $s$)=</p>", "showPrecisionHint": false, "maxValue": "-{u}/-{g}", "type": "numberentry", "correctAnswerFraction": false, "minValue": "-{u}/-{g}", "precisionMessage": "You have not given your answer to the correct precision.", "precision": "3", "precisionPartialCredit": 0}, {"prompt": "<p>Substitute $g$, $t$ and $u$ into the original equation $S=ut-\\frac{1}{2}gt^2$, to give the maximum height the volcanic bomb reaches.</p>", "scripts": {}, "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "variableReplacements": [], "marks": 0, "type": "information", "showFeedbackIcon": true}], "prompt": "<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please note: The first derivative of distance (i.e. height) is <strong>velocity </strong></span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$v=\\frac{\\text{d} s}{\\text{d} t}$</span></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)</span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;</span></em><em>as differentiation simply means \"rate of change\".</em></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the maximum height the volcanic bomb reaches when initial velocity, u, $=\\var{u}ms^{-1}$?</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[[0]]$m$</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give your answer to two decimal places.</span></p>", "marks": 0, "gaps": [{"strictPrecision": true, "precisionMessage": "You have not given your answer to the correct precision.", "allowFractions": false, "marks": "3", "showFeedbackIcon": true, "maxValue": "({u}*{t})-((1/2*{g})*{t}^2)", "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "variableReplacements": [], "correctAnswerStyle": "plain", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "precisionType": "dp", "type": "numberentry", "showPrecisionHint": false, "scripts": {}, "correctAnswerFraction": false, "minValue": "({u}*{t})-((1/2*{g})*{t}^2)", "notationStyles": ["plain", "en", "si-en"], "precision": "2", "precisionPartialCredit": 0}], "scripts": {}, "variableReplacementStrategy": "originalfirst", "showCorrectAnswer": true, "variableReplacements": [], "stepsPenalty": "0", "type": "gapfill", "showFeedbackIcon": true}], "rulesets": {}, "variable_groups": [], "statement": "<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A volcanic bomb consists of a lump of lava ejected at high speed out of a volcanic crater. The volcanic bomb has an initial velocity as it is forced out of the volcano, but eventually the bomb begins to descend downwards. This point at which there is a directional change is when the velocity of the volcanic bomb is zero.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img src=\"resources/question-resources/volc_bomb.png\" width=\"429\" height=\"332\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"/></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><sup><sub><em>(source: bbcbitesize)</em></sub></sup></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">You are given the formula:</p>\n<h3><span>$S=ut-\\frac{1}{2}gt^2$</span></h3>\n<p>where;<br/>$u$ = initial velocity ($ms^{-1}$)<br/>$g$ = acceleration due to gravity ($9.81ms^{-2}$)<br/>$t$ = time ($s$)<br/>$S$ = height at time $t$ in metres ($m$).</p>", "metadata": {"description": "<p>Application of differentitaion in geology. A projectile problem.</p>", "licence": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International"}, "preamble": {"css": "", "js": ""}, "functions": {}, "tags": [], "variablesTest": {"condition": "", "maxRuns": 100}, "type": "question", "contributors": [{"name": "Sarah Turner", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/881/"}, {"name": "Xiaodan Leng", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/2146/"}]}]}], "contributors": [{"name": "Sarah Turner", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/881/"}, {"name": "Xiaodan Leng", "profile_url": "https://numbas.mathcentre.ac.uk/accounts/profile/2146/"}]}