- A student is attempting to model the expansion of an airbag in a car following a collision.
The student considers the displacement from the steering column, \(s\) metres, of a point \(P\) on the airbag \(t\) seconds after a collision and uses the formula
$$s = \mathrm { e } ^ { 3 t } - 1 , \quad 0 \leq t \leq 0.1$$
Using this model,
- find, correct to the nearest centimetre, the maximum displacement of \(P\),
- find the initial velocity of \(P\),
- find the acceleration of \(P\) in terms of \(t\).
- Explain why this model is unlikely to be realistic.