Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Vectors and Vector-Valued Functions - 11.6 Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions - 11.6 Exercises - Page 815: 34

Answer

$$\frac{1}{{2\sqrt t }}\left\langle {{e^t}, - 2{e^{ - t}}, - 2{e^{2t}}} \right\rangle $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & {\text{Let }}{\bf{v}}\left( t \right) = {e^t}{\bf{i}} + 2{e^{ - t}}{\bf{j}} - {e^{2t}}{\bf{k}} \cr & {\text{Calculate }}\frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {{\bf{v}}\left( {\sqrt t } \right)} \right].{\text{ Use }}\frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {{\bf{v}}\left( {f\left( t \right)} \right)} \right] = {\bf{v}}'\left( {f\left( t \right)} \right)f'\left( t \right) \cr & {\bf{v}}'\left( t \right) = {e^t}{\bf{i}} - 2{e^{ - t}}{\bf{j}} - 2{e^{2t}}{\bf{k}} \cr & f'\left( t \right) = \frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {\sqrt t } \right] = \frac{1}{{2\sqrt t }} \cr & {\text{Thus}}{\text{,}} \cr & \frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {{\bf{v}}\left( {\sqrt t } \right)} \right] = \left( {{e^t}{\bf{i}} - 2{e^{ - t}}{\bf{j}} - 2{e^{2t}}{\bf{k}}} \right)\left( {\frac{1}{{2\sqrt t }}} \right) \cr & or \cr & \frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {{\bf{v}}\left( {\sqrt t } \right)} \right] = \frac{1}{{2\sqrt t }}\left\langle {{e^t}, - 2{e^{ - t}}, - 2{e^{2t}}} \right\rangle \cr} $$
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