Assignment No 2

MTH603
Tayyiba Rashid
Bc200406960

Question

A missile is launched from a ground station to hit the target. The acceleration of the missile during first 8 seconds
of flight, as recorded, is given in the following table.

t (s ) 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
a (m/s 2) 20 21.93 23.49 25.12 27.99 30.81 33.31 36.69 40.69

1) Compute the velocity of the missile when t=8 seconds by using Simpsons 1/3 Rule.

2) Compute the velocity of the missile at t=8 using Trapezoidal Rule.