Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 13 - Review - Exercises - Page 882: 13

Answer

The curvature at the point $(1,1) $ is: $$ \begin{aligned} \kappa (1)&=\frac{12 }{\left(17\right)^{3 / 2}} \end{aligned} $$

Work Step by Step

We have the curve: $$ y=x^{4}, $$ We first compute the ingredients needed $$ y^{\prime}=4x^{3}, \ \ \ y^{\prime\prime}=12x^{2} $$ So, the curvature formula of the curve is given by: $$ \begin{aligned} \kappa(x)&=\frac{\left|y^{\prime \prime}\right|}{\left[1+\left(y^{\prime}\right)^{2}\right]^{3 / 2}} \\ &=\frac{\left|12 x^{2}\right|}{\left(1+16 x^{6}\right)^{3 / 2}} \end{aligned} $$ Now, at the point $(1,1), \ x=1$, so, the curvature at the point $(1,1) $ is: $$ \begin{aligned} \kappa (1)&=\frac{\left|12 (1)^{2}\right|}{\left(1+16 (1)^{6}\right)^{3 / 2}}\\ &=\frac{12 }{\left(17\right)^{3 / 2}} \end{aligned} $$
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