If you know , either numerically or analytically, you can plop it in to
and do the integral (analytically if you can, or numerically. Note
that the integration variable should be a dummy variable). This will give you
a function of
on the right and
on the left, so you can find
which
describes the motion. Example 4.6 in your text solves the free fall problem in this way, for
.
We'll be seeing more examples.