Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 12 - Vector-Valued Functions - 12.4 Exercises - Page 848: 21

Answer

$$\eqalign{ & {\bf{T}}\left( 1 \right) = \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{i}} - \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{j}} \cr & {\bf{N}}\left( 1 \right) = \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{i}} + \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{j}} \cr & {a_{\bf{T}}} = - \sqrt 2 \cr & {a_{\bf{N}}} = \sqrt 2 \cr} $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & {\bf{r}}\left( t \right) = t{\bf{i}} + \frac{1}{t}{\bf{j}},{\text{ }}t = 1 \cr & {\text{Calculate }}{\bf{v}}\left( t \right){\text{ and }}{\bf{a}}\left( t \right) \cr & {\bf{v}}\left( t \right) = {\bf{r}}'\left( t \right) \cr & {\bf{v}}\left( t \right) = \frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {t{\bf{i}} + \frac{1}{t}{\bf{j}}} \right] \cr & {\bf{v}}\left( t \right) = \frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {t{\bf{i}} + {t^{ - 1}}{\bf{j}}} \right] \cr & {\bf{v}}\left( t \right) = {\bf{i}} - {t^{ - 2}}{\bf{j}} \cr & {\bf{v}}\left( t \right) = {\bf{i}} - \frac{1}{{{t^2}}}{\bf{j}} \cr & {\bf{a}}\left( t \right) = {\bf{v}}'\left( t \right) \cr & {\bf{a}}\left( t \right) = \frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {{\bf{i}} - \frac{1}{{{t^2}}}{\bf{j}}} \right] \cr & {\bf{a}}\left( t \right) = - \left( { - 2{t^{ - 3}}} \right) \cr & {\bf{a}}\left( t \right) = \frac{2}{{{t^3}}}{\bf{j}} \cr & {\text{Evaluate }}{\bf{a}}\left( t \right){\text{ at }}t = 1 \cr & {\bf{a}}\left( 1 \right) = 2{\bf{j}} \cr & \cr & {\text{Find the unit Tangent Vector }}{\bf{T}}\left( t \right) \cr & {\bf{T}}\left( t \right) = \frac{{{\bf{v}}\left( t \right)}}{{\left\| {{\bf{v}}\left( t \right)} \right\|}},{\text{ }}{\bf{v}}\left( t \right) \ne 0 \cr & {\bf{T}}\left( t \right) = \frac{{{\bf{i}} - \frac{1}{{{t^2}}}{\bf{j}}}}{{\left\| {{\bf{i}} - \frac{1}{{{t^2}}}{\bf{j}}} \right\|}} = \frac{{{\bf{i}} - \frac{1}{{{t^2}}}{\bf{j}}}}{{\sqrt {1 + \frac{1}{{{t^4}}}} }} = \frac{{{\bf{i}} - \frac{1}{{{t^2}}}{\bf{j}}}}{{\frac{{\sqrt {{t^4} + 1} }}{{{t^2}}}}} = \frac{{{t^2}{\bf{i}} - {\bf{j}}}}{{\sqrt {{t^4} + 1} }} \cr & {\bf{T}}\left( t \right) = \frac{1}{{\sqrt {{t^4} + 1} }}\left( {{t^2}{\bf{i}} - {\bf{j}}} \right) \cr & {\bf{T}}\left( 1 \right) = \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{i}} - \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{j}} \cr & {\text{Find }}{\bf{T}}'\left( t \right) \cr & {\bf{T}}'\left( t \right) = \frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {\frac{{{t^2}}}{{\sqrt {{t^4} + 1} }}} \right]{\bf{i}} - \frac{d}{{dt}}\left[ {\frac{1}{{\sqrt {{t^4} + 1} }}} \right]{\bf{j}} \cr & {\text{Differentiate by using a CAS }}\left( {{\text{WolframWebsite}}} \right) \cr & {\bf{T}}'\left( t \right) = \frac{{2t}}{{{{\left( {{t^4} + 1} \right)}^{3/2}}}}{\bf{i}} - \left( { - \frac{{2{t^3}}}{{{{\left( {{t^4} + 1} \right)}^{3/2}}}}} \right){\bf{j}} \cr & {\bf{T}}'\left( t \right) = \frac{{2t}}{{{{\left( {{t^4} + 1} \right)}^{3/2}}}}{\bf{i}} + \frac{{2{t^3}}}{{{{\left( {{t^4} + 1} \right)}^{3/2}}}}{\bf{j}} \cr & \cr & {\text{Evaluate }}{\bf{T}}'\left( t \right){\text{ at }}t = 1 \cr & {\bf{T}}'\left( 1 \right) = \frac{{2\left( 1 \right)}}{{{{\left( {{{\left( 1 \right)}^4} + 1} \right)}^{3/2}}}}{\bf{i}} + \frac{{2{{\left( 1 \right)}^3}}}{{{{\left( {{{\left( 1 \right)}^4} + 1} \right)}^{3/2}}}}{\bf{j}} \cr & {\bf{T}}'\left( 1 \right) = \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{i}} + \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{j}} \cr & {\text{Finding the Principal Unit Normal Vector}} \cr & {\bf{N}}\left( t \right) = \frac{{{\bf{T}}'\left( t \right)}}{{\left\| {{\bf{T}}'\left( t \right)} \right\|}} \cr & {\text{Evaluate }}{\bf{N}}'\left( t \right){\text{ at }}t = 1 \cr & {\bf{N}}\left( 1 \right) = \frac{{{\bf{T}}'\left( 1 \right)}}{{\left\| {{\bf{T}}'\left( 1 \right)} \right\|}} = \frac{{\frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{i}} + \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{j}}}}{{\left\| {\frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{i}} + \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{j}}} \right\|}} = \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{i}} + \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{j}} \cr & {\text{Find }}{a_{\bf{T}}}{\text{ and }}{a_{\bf{N}}} \cr & {a_{\bf{T}}} = {\bf{a}} \cdot {\bf{T}} = \left( {2{\bf{j}}} \right)\left( {\frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{i}} - \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{j}}} \right) \cr & {a_{\bf{T}}} = - \sqrt 2 \cr & {a_{\bf{N}}} = {\bf{a}} \cdot {\bf{N}} = \left( {2{\bf{j}}} \right)\left( {\frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{i}} + \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{j}}} \right) \cr & {a_{\bf{N}}} = \sqrt 2 \cr & \cr & {\text{Summary}} \cr & {\bf{T}}\left( 1 \right) = \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{i}} - \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{j}} \cr & {\bf{N}}\left( 1 \right) = \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{i}} + \frac{1}{{\sqrt 2 }}{\bf{j}} \cr & {a_{\bf{T}}} = - \sqrt 2 \cr & {a_{\bf{N}}} = \sqrt 2 \cr} $$
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