Calculus 8th Edition

Published by Cengage
ISBN 10: 1285740629
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-062-1

Chapter 13 - Vector Functions - 13.1 Vector Functions and Space Curves - 13.1 Exercises - Page 895: 46

Answer

$r(t)=\cos \theta i+\sqrt 3|\cos \theta| j+\sin \theta k$ ; $0 \leq \theta \leq 2 \pi$

Work Step by Step

The parametric equations of a circle whose radius is $r$ are given as follows: $x=r \cos t ; y =r \sin t$ From the given problem, we have $x^2+y^2+4z^2=4; y \geq 0$ and $x^2+z^2=1$ Re-arrange as: $(x^2+z^2)+y+3z^2=4 \implies y^2+3z^2=3$ This gives: $y^2=3-3z^2$ So, $y=\sqrt {3-3z^2}$ Let us consider that $z= \sin \theta$ and $y=\sqrt {3-3(\sin \theta)^2}=\sqrt 3|\cos \theta|$ But $x^2+z^2=1$ gives us: $x= \cos \theta$ Hence, $r(t)=\cos \theta i+\sqrt 3|\cos \theta| j+\sin \theta k$ ; $0 \leq \theta \leq 2 \pi$
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