REVIEW EXERCISES

In Problems 1–4, for each vector function \(\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{r} ( t) \)

  1. Find the domain.
  2. Graph the curve C traced out by \(\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{r} ( t) \), indicating its orientation.
  3. Find the value of \(\mathbf{r}\prime(t) \) at the given number t.

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=t^{2}\mathbf{i}+3t\mathbf{j,}\;t=2\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=3\cos t\mathbf{i}+\sin t\mathbf{j,}\;0\leq t\leq \pi, \;t=\dfrac{\pi }{3}\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=t\mathbf{i}+2\cos t\mathbf{j}+2\sin t\mathbf{k,}\;t=0\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=t\mathbf{i}+t\mathbf{j}-2\mathbf{k},\;t=1\)

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Find \(\lim\limits_{t\rightarrow 3}\left[ ( t-3) \mathbf{i}+ \dfrac{t^{2}-3t}{t^{2}-9}\mathbf{j}-\dfrac{4}{t}\mathbf{k}\right]\).

In Problems 6 and 7, determine if the vector function is continuous at each number in the given interval. Identify any numbers where \(\mathbf{r} =\mathbf{r}(t)\) is discontinuous.

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\(\mathbf{r}( t)\;=\;\dfrac{t}{t-2}\mathbf{i}+\sin t \mathbf{j},\) interval \(( 0,2\pi ) \)

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\(\mathbf{r}( t)\;=\;\dfrac{t}{t+1}\mathbf{i}+\sqrt{t-1}\mathbf{j}+3t \mathbf{k}\), interval \([ 1,3] \)

In Problems 8 and 9, find \({\bf r}^{\prime} (t)\) and \( {\bf r}^{\prime \prime} (t)\).

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=3t\mathbf{i}-\ln t\mathbf{j}+2e^{t}\mathbf{k}\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=2\cos t\mathbf{i}+3\cos t\mathbf{j}+t\mathbf{k}\)

In Problems 10 and 11, find \([{\bf f}(t)\,{\cdot}\, {\bf g} (t)]^{\prime} \) and \([{\bf f}(t)\times {\bf g}(t)]^{\prime} \).

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\(\mathbf{f}(t)=t\mathbf{i}-\dfrac{t}{2}\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\) and \(\mathbf{g}(t)=\sqrt{1-t}\mathbf{i}+t^{3}\mathbf{j}+2( t+1) \mathbf{k}\)

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\(\mathbf{f}(t)=t\mathbf{i}+\cos ( 2t) \mathbf{j} -5 \mathbf{k}\) and \(\mathbf{g}(t)=2t\mathbf{i}+\cos t\mathbf{j}+\sin t\mathbf{k}\)

In Problems 12–14, for each curve \(C\) traced out by \(\mathbf{r}=\mathbf{r} ( t) \):

  1. Find a tangent vector to each curve \(C\) at \(t=0\).
  2. Find the unit tangent vector \(\mathbf{T}\) at \(t=0\)
  3. Find the principal unit normal vector \(\mathbf{N}\) at \(t=0\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=e^{t}\mathbf{i}+e^{-t}\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=t\mathbf{i}+2t\mathbf{j}+\sqrt{1-5t^{2}} \mathbf{k}\), \(\dfrac{-\sqrt{5}}{5}< t< \dfrac{\sqrt{5}}{5}\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=e^{t}\sin t\mathbf{i}+e^{t}\cos t\mathbf{j}+e^{t}\mathbf{k}\)

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Find the acute angle between the tangent vector to the helix traced out by \(\mathbf{r} ( t)\;=\;\sin t\mathbf{i}+3t\mathbf{j}+\cos t\mathbf{k}\) and the direction \(\mathbf{j}\).

In Problems 16–18, find the arc length of each vector function.

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=\cos ^{3}t\mathbf{i}+\sin ^{3}t\mathbf{j}\) from \(t=\;0\) to \(t=2\pi \)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=t\mathbf{i} +2t\mathbf{j}+\sqrt{1-5t^{2}}\mathbf{k}\) from \(t=0\) to \(t=\dfrac{{1}}{4 }\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=\cos t\mathbf{i}+\sin t\mathbf{j}+\dfrac{t}{5} \mathbf{k}\) from \(t=\;0\) to \(t=2\pi \)

In Problems 19 and 20, determine whether the parameter is arc length.

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=3t\mathbf{i}+4t\mathbf{j}\; +\left( 5t+1\right) \mathbf{k}\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=3\cos t\mathbf{i}+3\sin t\mathbf{j}\;+8t\mathbf{k}\)

In Problems 21–23, find the curvature \(\kappa\;=\;\kappa (t)\) of the curve \(C\) traced out by each vector function \({\bf r}={\bf r}( t) \).

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=4\cos t\mathbf{i}-4\sin t\mathbf{j}\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=t\mathbf{i}+\cos t \mathbf{j}\;+\sin t\mathbf{k}\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=e^{t}\mathbf{i}+4t\mathbf{j}\;+5e^{-t}\mathbf{k}\)

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Find the curvature of the graph of \(y=x^{3}-4\) at the point \(( 1,-3)\).

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Find the curvature of the graph of \(y=4e^{-2x}\) at the point \(( 0,4)\).

In Problems 26–28, find the radius of the osculating circle at the point corresponding to \(t\) on the curve \(C\) traced out by each vector function.

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=( 1-t^{2}) \mathbf{i}+e^{-t}\mathbf{j, }\;t=0\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=\cos ^{2}t \mathbf{i}+\sin ^{2}t\mathbf{j},\;t=\dfrac{\pi }{3}\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=t\mathbf{i}+2t\mathbf{j}+\sqrt{1-t^{2}}\mathbf{k} ,\;-1< t< \;1,\;t=0\)

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Find the curvature of the curve \(y=\sqrt[3]{x}, x>0\).

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Find the minimum curvature of the curve \(C\) traced out by the vector function \(\mathbf{r}(t)=\cos ^{3}t\mathbf{i}+\sin ^{3}t\mathbf{j}\).

In Problems 31–34:

  1. Find the velocity \({v}\), acceleration \({a}\), and speed \(v\) of a particle traveling along the curve traced out by the vector function \(\mathbf{r}= \mathbf{r}(t)\).
  2. Find the tangential and normal components of the acceleration.

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=2\cos t\mathbf{i}+\sin t\mathbf{j}\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=e^{t}\sin t\mathbf{i} +e^{-t}\mathbf{j}\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=e^{t}\mathbf{i}+e^{-t}\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\)

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\(\mathbf{r}(t)=e^{t}\sin t \mathbf{i}+e^{t}\cos t\mathbf{j}+e^{t}\mathbf{k}\)

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Find the velocity and acceleration of a particle moving on the cycloid \(\mathbf{r}( t)\;=\;[ \pi t-\sin ( \pi t) ] \mathbf{i} +[ 1-\cos ( \pi t) ] \mathbf{j}\).

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  1. Find the velocity and acceleration of a particle moving on the parabola \(\mathbf{r}( t)\;=\;( t^{2}-2t)\kern.7pt\mathbf{i}+t~\mathbf{j}\).
  2. At what time \(t\) is the speed of the particle \(0?\)

In Problems 37 and 38, find each integral.

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\(\int [ ( t^{2}-2) \mathbf{i}-( t-2) ^{2}\mathbf{j}+e^{2t}\mathbf{k}] dt\)

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\(\int \left(\cos \dfrac{t}{2}\mathbf{i}+\sin ^{2}\left( \dfrac{t}{2}\right) \mathbf{j}+3t\mathbf{k}\right)dt\)

In Problems 39–41, solve each vector differential equation with the given boundary condition.

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\(\mathbf{r}^{\prime} ( t)\;=\;e^{2t}\mathbf{i}+\ln t \mathbf{j}+2e^{t}\mathbf{k,}\;\mathbf{r}(1)=\mathbf{j}+\mathbf{k}\)

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\(\mathbf{r}^{\prime} (t)=\sin t\cos t\mathbf{i}+\tan t\sec t \mathbf{j}+t\mathbf{k,}\;\mathbf{r}(0)=\mathbf{i}+\mathbf{k}\)

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\(\dfrac{d\mathbf{r}}{dt}=\cos t\mathbf{i}-\sin t\mathbf{j} +\dfrac{t}{2}\mathbf{k,}\;\mathbf{r}( 0)\;=\;\mathbf{i}\)

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Find the speed, velocity, and position at time \(t\) for a particle whose acceleration at time \(t\) is given by \(\mathbf{a}(t)=\tan t\sec t\mathbf{i}+\cos {t}\mathbf{j}\). Assume that the initial velocity and position are \(\mathbf{0}\).

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Projectile Motion A projectile is fired with a speed of \(500{\textrm m}/\!{\textrm s}\) at an inclination of \(45° %TCIMACRO{\U{b0}}% %BeginExpansion {{}^\circ}% %EndExpansion \) to the horizontal from a point \(30{\textrm m}\) above level ground. Find the point where the projectile strikes the ground.

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State Kepler's three laws of Planetary Motion. Explain each law in your own words.