Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 14 - Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions - 14.3 Arc Length and Speed - Exercises - Page 726: 19

Answer

At time $T$, the bee is located at the origin if $\mathop \smallint \limits_0^T {\bf{r}}'\left( u \right){\rm{d}}u = {\bf{0}}$. The quantity $\mathop \smallint \limits_0^T ||{\bf{r}}'\left( u \right)||{\rm{d}}u$ represents the length of the path traced by the bee for the interval $0 \le t \le T$.

Work Step by Step

Recall the position vector is given by ${\bf{r}}\left( t \right) = \smallint {\bf{r}}'\left( u \right){\rm{d}}u$ So, $\mathop \smallint \limits_0^T {\bf{r}}'\left( u \right){\rm{d}}u = {\bf{0}}$ implies that the position vector after traveling $T$ time is located at the origin. Whereas, $\mathop \smallint \limits_0^T ||{\bf{r}}'\left( u \right)||{\rm{d}}u$ represents the length of the path traced by the bee for the interval $0 \le t \le T$.
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