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 - 12.5 Exercises - Page 861: 51

Answer

$$\eqalign{ & \left( {\bf{a}} \right){\text{No maximum}} \cr & \left( {\bf{b}} \right)\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } K = 0 \cr} $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & y = {x^{2/3}} \cr & {\text{Calculate the curvature, use }}K = \frac{{\left| {y''\left( x \right)} \right|}}{{{{\left( {1 + {{\left[ {y'\left( x \right)} \right]}^2}} \right)}^{3/2}}}} \cr & {\text{Find }}y'\left( x \right){\text{ and }}y''\left( x \right),{\text{ }} \cr & y'\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {{x^{2/3}}} \right] \cr & y'\left( x \right) = \frac{2}{3}{x^{ - 1/3}} \cr & y''\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {\frac{2}{3}{x^{ - 1/3}}} \right] \cr & y''\left( x \right) = - \frac{2}{9}{x^{ - 4/3}} \cr & \underbrace {K = \frac{{\left| {y''\left( x \right)} \right|}}{{{{\left( {1 + {{\left[ {y'\left( x \right)} \right]}^2}} \right)}^{3/2}}}}}_ \Downarrow \cr & K = \frac{{\left| { - \frac{2}{9}{x^{ - 4/3}}} \right|}}{{{{\left( {1 + {{\left( {\frac{2}{3}{x^{ - 1/3}}} \right)}^2}} \right)}^{3/2}}}} \cr & K = \frac{{\left| { - \frac{2}{9}{x^{ - 4/3}}} \right|}}{{{{\left( {1 + \frac{4}{{9{x^{2/3}}}}} \right)}^{3/2}}}} \cr & K = \frac{{\left| { - \frac{2}{9}{x^{ - 4/3}}} \right|}}{{\frac{x}{{27}}{{\left( {9{x^{2/3}} + 4} \right)}^{3/2}}}} \cr & K = \left| {\frac{6}{{{x^{1/3}}{{\left( {9{x^{2/3}} + 4} \right)}^{3/2}}}}} \right| \cr & \left( {\bf{a}} \right){\text{ Find the point where }}K{\text{ is maximum}} \cr & {\text{Find }}K'{\text{ using a CAS}} \cr & K' = - \frac{{8\left( {9{x^{2/3}} + 1} \right)}}{{{x^{4/3}}{{\left( {1 + 9{x^4}} \right)}^{5/2}}}} \cr & K' = 0 \cr & 9{x^{2/3}} + 1 = 0 \cr & {\text{No real solution, so no maximum}} \cr & \cr & \left( {\bf{b}} \right){\text{ Find }}\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } K \cr & \mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } \frac{6}{{{x^{1/3}}{{\left( {9{x^{2/3}} + 4} \right)}^{3/2}}}} = 0 \cr & \cr & {\text{Summary}} \cr & \left( {\bf{a}} \right){\text{No maximum}} \cr & \left( {\bf{b}} \right)\mathop {\lim }\limits_{x \to \infty } K = 0 \cr} $$
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