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A particle moves on a circular path of radius b according to the function r ( t ) = b cos ( ω t ) i + b sin ( ω t ) j , where ω is the angular velocity, d θ / d t .

This figure is the graph of a circle centered at the origin with radius of 3. The orientation of the circle is counter-clockwise. Also, in the fourth quadrant there are two vectors. The first starts on the circle and terminates at the origin. The second vector is tangent at the same point in the fourth quadrant towards the x-axis.

Find the velocity function and show that v ( t ) is always orthogonal to r ( t ) .

r ' ( t ) = b ω sin ( ω t ) i + b ω cos ( ω t ) j . To show orthogonality, note that r ' ( t ) · r ( t ) = 0 .

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Show that the speed of the particle is proportional to the angular velocity.

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Evaluate d d t [ u ( t ) × u ( t ) ] given u ( t ) = t 2 i 2 t j + k .

0 i + 2 j + 4 t j

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Find the antiderivative of r ' ( t ) = cos ( 2 t ) i 2 sin t j + 1 1 + t 2 k that satisfies the initial condition r ( 0 ) = 3 i 2 j + k .

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Evaluate 0 3 t i + t 2 j d t .

1 3 ( 10 3 / 2 1 )

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An object starts from rest at point P ( 1 , 2 , 0 ) and moves with an acceleration of a ( t ) = j + 2 k , where a ( t ) is measured in feet per second per second. Find the location of the object after t = 2 sec.

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Show that if the speed of a particle traveling along a curve represented by a vector-valued function is constant, then the velocity function is always perpendicular to the acceleration function.


v ( t ) = k v ( t ) · v ( t ) = k d d t ( v ( t ) · v ( t ) ) = d d t k = 0 v ( t ) · v ' ( t ) + v ' ( t ) · v ( t ) = 0 2 v ( t ) · v ' ( t ) = 0 v ( t ) · v ' ( t ) = 0 .
The last statement implies that the velocity and acceleration are perpendicular or orthogonal.

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Given r ( t ) = t i + 3 t j + t 2 k and u ( t ) = 4 t i + t 2 j + t 3 k , find d d t ( r ( t ) × u ( t ) ) .

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Given r ( t ) = t + cos t , t sin t , find the velocity and the speed at any time.

v ( t ) = 1 sin t , 1 cos t , speed = v ( t ) = 4 2 ( sin t + cos t )

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Find the velocity vector for the function r ( t ) = e t , e t , 0 .

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Find the equation of the tangent line to the curve r ( t ) = e t , e t , 0 at t = 0 .

x 1 = t , y 1 = t , z 0 = 0

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Describe and sketch the curve represented by the vector-valued function r ( t ) = 6 t , 6 t t 2 .

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Locate the highest point on the curve r ( t ) = 6 t , 6 t t 2 and give the value of the function at this point.

r ( t ) = 18 , 9 at t = 3

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The position vector for a particle is r ( t ) = t i + t 2 j + t 3 k . The graph is shown here:

This figure is the graph of a curve in 3 dimensions. The curve is inside of a box. The box represents an octant. The curve begins at the bottom of the box to the left and curves upward to the top right corner.

Find the velocity vector at any time.

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Find the speed of the particle at time t = 2 sec.

593

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Find the acceleration at time t = 2 sec.

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A particle travels along the path of a helix with the equation r ( t ) = cos ( t ) i + sin ( t ) j + t k . See the graph presented here:

This figure is the graph of a curve in 3 dimensions. The curve is inside of a box. The box represents an octant. The curve is a helix and begins at the bottom of the box to the right and spirals upward.

Find the following:

Velocity of the particle at any time

v ( t ) = sin t , cos t , 1

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Speed of the particle at any time

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Acceleration of the particle at any time

a ( t ) = cos t i sin t j + 0 j

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Find the unit tangent vector for the helix.

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A particle travels along the path of an ellipse with the equation r ( t ) = cos t i + 2 sin t j + 0 k . Find the following:

Velocity of the particle

v ( t ) = sin t , 2 cos t , 0

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Speed of the particle at t = π 4

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Acceleration of the particle at t = π 4

a ( t ) = 2 2 , 2 , 0

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Given the vector-valued function r ( t ) = tan t , sec t , 0 (graph is shown here), find the following:

This figure is the graph of a curve in 3 dimensions. The curve is inside of a box. The box represents an octant. The curve has asymptotes that are the diagonals of the box. The curve is hyperbolic.

Speed

v ( t ) = sec 4 t + sec 2 t tan 2 t = sec 2 t ( sec 2 t + tan 2 t )

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Find the minimum speed of a particle traveling along the curve r ( t ) = t + cos t , t sin t t [ 0 , 2 π ) .

2

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Given r ( t ) = t i + 2 sin t j + 2 cos t k and u ( t ) = 1 t i + 2 sin t j + 2 cos t k , find the following:

d d t ( r ( t ) × u ( t ) )

0 , 2 sin t ( t 1 t ) 2 cos t ( 1 + 1 t 2 ) , 2 sin t ( 1 + 1 t 2 ) + 2 cos t ( t 2 t )

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Now, use the product rule for the derivative of the cross product of two vectors and show this result is the same as the answer for the preceding problem.

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Find the unit tangent vector T (t) for the following vector-valued functions.

r ( t ) = t , 1 t . The graph is shown here:

This figure is the graph of a hyperbolic curve. The y-axis is a vertical asymptote and the x-axis is the horizontal asymptote.

T ( t ) = t 2 t 4 + 1 , −1 t 4 + 1

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r ( t ) = t cos t , t sin t

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r ( t ) = t + 1 , 2 t + 1 , 2 t + 2

T ( t ) = 1 3 1 , 2 , 2

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Evaluate the following integrals:

( e t i + sin t j + 1 2 t 1 k ) d t

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0 1 r ( t ) d t , where r ( t ) = t 3 , 1 t + 1 , e t

3 4 i + ln ( 2 ) j + ( 1 1 e ) j

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Source:  OpenStax, Calculus volume 3. OpenStax CNX. Feb 05, 2016 Download for free at http://legacy.cnx.org/content/col11966/1.2
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