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: 22

Answer

$$ \begin{aligned} a_{T}&=\frac{4 t}{\sqrt{4 t^{2}+5}} \end{aligned} $$ $$ \begin{aligned} a_{N}&=\frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{4 t^{2}+5}} \end{aligned} $$

Work Step by Step

We have the position function: $$ \begin{aligned} \mathbf{r}(t)&=t \mathbf{i}+2t \mathbf{j}+ t^{2} \mathbf{k} \\ &=\left\langle t, 2t, t^{2} \right\rangle \end{aligned} $$ $\Rightarrow$ $$ \left|\mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t)\right|=\sqrt{1+4+4 t^{2}}=\sqrt{4 t^{2}+5}\\ $$ The velocity is $$ \begin{aligned} \mathbf{v}(t) &=\mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t)\\ &=\mathbf{i}+2 \mathbf{j}+2 t \mathbf{k} \\ &=\left\langle 1, 2, 2 t \right\rangle \end{aligned} $$ The acceleration is $$ \begin{aligned} \mathbf{a}(t)&=\mathbf{r}^{\prime\prime}(t)=\mathbf{v}^{\prime}(t)\\ &=2 \mathbf{k},\\ &=\left\langle 0, 0, 2 \right\rangle \end{aligned} $$ Therefore, Equation 9 gives the tangential component as, $$ \begin{aligned} a_{T}&=\frac{\mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t) \cdot \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime}(t)}{\left|\mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t)\right|}\\ &=\frac{4 t}{\sqrt{4 t^{2}+5}} , \end{aligned} $$ where, $$ \begin{aligned} \mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t) \cdot \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime}(t)= \left\langle 1, 2, 2 t \right\rangle \cdot \left\langle 0, 0, 2 \right\rangle= 4t \end{aligned} $$ and Equation 10 gives the normal component as $$ \begin{aligned} a_{N}&=\frac{\left|\mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t) \times \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime}(t)\right|}{\left|\mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t)\right|} \\ &=\frac{|4 \mathbf{i}-2 \mathbf{j}|}{\sqrt{4 t^{2}+5}} \\ &=\frac{2 \sqrt{5}}{\sqrt{4 t^{2}+5}} \end{aligned} $$ where, $$ \begin{aligned} \mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t) \times \mathbf{r}^{\prime \prime}(t)&= \left\langle 1, 2, 2 t \right\rangle \times \left\langle 0, 0, 2 \right\rangle \\ &=\left[\begin{array}{ccc} \mathbf{i} & \mathbf{j} & \mathbf{k} \\ 1 & 1 & 2t \\ 0, & 0 & 2 \\ \end{array}\right]\\ &=\left\langle 4, -2, 0 \right\rangle \\ &=4 \mathbf{i}-2 \mathbf{j} \end{aligned} $$
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