Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
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Chapter 12 - Vector-Valued Functions - 12.5 Exercises - Page 861: 56

Answer

$$\left( {1,3} \right)$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & y = {\left( {x - 1} \right)^3} + 3 \cr & {\text{Calculate the curvature, use }}K = \frac{{\left| {y''\left( x \right)} \right|}}{{{{\left( {1 + {{\left[ {y'\left( x \right)} \right]}^2}} \right)}^{3/2}}}} \cr & {\text{Find }}y'\left( x \right){\text{ and }}y''\left( x \right),{\text{ }} \cr & y'\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {{{\left( {x - 1} \right)}^3} + 3} \right] \cr & y'\left( x \right) = 3{\left( {x - 1} \right)^2} \cr & y''\left( x \right) = \frac{d}{{dx}}\left[ {3{{\left( {x - 1} \right)}^2}} \right] \cr & y''\left( x \right) = 6\left( {x - 1} \right) \cr & \underbrace {K = \frac{{\left| {y''\left( x \right)} \right|}}{{{{\left( {1 + {{\left[ {y'\left( x \right)} \right]}^2}} \right)}^{3/2}}}}}_ \Downarrow \cr & K = \frac{{\left| {6\left( {x - 1} \right)} \right|}}{{{{\left( {1 + {{\left[ {3{{\left( {x - 1} \right)}^2}} \right]}^2}} \right)}^{3/2}}}} \cr & {\text{Find the point where the curvature is zero}}{\text{.}} \cr & 0 = \frac{{\left| {6\left( {x - 1} \right)} \right|}}{{{{\left( {1 + {{\left[ {3{{\left( {x - 1} \right)}^2}} \right]}^2}} \right)}^{3/2}}}} \cr & 6\left( {x - 1} \right) = 0 \cr & x = 1 \cr & y\left( 1 \right) = {\left( {1 - 1} \right)^3} + 3 \cr & y\left( 1 \right) = 3 \cr & {\text{The curvature is zero at the point }}\left( {1,3} \right) \cr} $$
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