Applications of Calculus

In the Real World

Danielle Gray
Mentor: Dr. Daniela Nikolova-Popova
College of Engineering and Computer Science, Florida Atlantic University
Results Continued Discussion
How is Calculus used in baseball?
How is momentum related to calculus 1. This project was designed to show that
In this project it’s told that the collision between
mathematics in particular calculus is not just a
and baseball? the baseball and the bat lasts about 1millisecond.
bunch of numbers, symbols, and letters.
Also the change in a ball’s momentum over a
time interval [‫ݐ‬଴ ǡ ‫ݐ‬ଵ ] is equal to the force (F) of the
Introduction 2. Mathematics can be used to help understand
ball from that time interval.
the things that occur in our world. Even while
• Baseball has been played since before the playing a sport calculus and physics can be
American Civil War in 1861 and is considered applied to solve problems.
“the national pastime”. It is not only played in
America but in other parts of the world. Calculus
is a division of mathematics that consists of two Real-Life Example
parts: Integration and Differentiation.
A pitcher throws a 132 ௙௧Τ௦ fastball to batter,
• According to Newton’s Second Law, the product who hits a line directly back to the pitcher. The ball
of mass(m) and velocity(‫)ݒ‬ Ԧ is the measure of is in contact for 0.001s and leaves with a measured
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the “quantity of motion”. Therefore he derived velocity of Τ௦. A baseball weighs ହ ௟௕‫כ‬௦మൗ௙௧.
ଷ ହଵଶ
this equation for (linear) momentum(‫)݌‬ Ԧ that ௧
states that ‫݌‬Ԧ ൌ ݉‫ݒ‬Ǥ
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బ a) Find the change in the ball’s momentum.[ ‫ݒ‬௧బ is References
measurement of the effort it takes to bring a when baseball is initially thrown and ‫ݒ‬௧భ is
particle at rest. With this law, we can relate the Proof: 1. Andale. What Is Calculus? Digital image. Statistics
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Therefore, ‫ݐ ݌‬ଵ െ ‫ݐ ݌‬଴ ൌ ݉ሺ‫ݒ‬௧భ ሻ െ ݉ሺ‫ݒ‬௧బ ሻሻ fact ሺ–ሻ ൌ ‫Ͳ ݌‬ǤͲͲͳ െ ‫݌‬ሺͲሻ ൎ ʹǤͻ.
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