Multivariable Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 0-53849-787-4
ISBN 13: 978-0-53849-787-9

Chapter 13 - Vector Functions - Review - Exercises - Page 898: 9

Answer

$\theta=\dfrac{\pi}{2}$

Work Step by Step

$r_1'(t)=-\sin t i+\cos t j+k$ when $t=0$ then we have $ r_1'(0)=0 i+ j+k$ $r_2'(t)=i+2t j+3t^2 k$ when $t=0$ , then we have $r_1'(0)=i+0 j+0 k$ The angle can be found by using the dot product as: $\theta=\cos^{-1} [\dfrac{a \cdot b}{|a||b|}]$ Now, we have $\theta=\cos^{-1} [\dfrac{(0) \times (1)+(1) \times (0)+(1) \times (0)}{|1||1|}]$ $\theta=\cos^{-1}(0)$ Hence, we have $\theta=\dfrac{\pi}{2}$
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