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A dancer moves in one dimension back and forth across the stage. If the end of the stage nearest to her is considered to be the origin of an x axis that runs parallel to the stage, her position, as a function of time, is given by
- a. Find an expression for the dancer’s velocity as a function of time.
- b. Graph the velocity as a function of time for the 14 s over which the dancer performs (the dancer begins when t = 0) and use the graph to determine when the dancer’s velocity is equal to 0 m/s.
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