Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Vectors and Vector-Valued Functions - 11.9 Curvature and Normal Vectors - 11.9 Exercises - Page 853: 53

Answer

$$\kappa \left( x \right) = \frac{x}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^{3/2}}}}$$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & f\left( x \right) = \ln x \cr & {\text{Calculate }}f'\left( x \right){\text{ and }}f''\left( x \right) \cr & f'\left( x \right) = \frac{1}{x} \cr & f''\left( x \right) = - \frac{1}{{{x^2}}} \cr & {\text{Use the formula }}\kappa \left( x \right) = \frac{{\left| {f''\left( x \right)} \right|}}{{{{\left( {1 + f'{{\left( x \right)}^2}} \right)}^{3/2}}}} \cr & \kappa \left( x \right) = \left| { - \frac{1}{{{x^2}}}} \right|\frac{1}{{{{\left( {1 + {{\left( {1/x} \right)}^2}} \right)}^{3/2}}}} \cr & {\text{Simplifying}} \cr & \kappa \left( x \right) = \left( {\frac{1}{{{x^2}}}} \right)\frac{1}{{{{\left( {\frac{{{x^2} + 1}}{{{x^2}}}} \right)}^{3/2}}}} \cr & \kappa \left( x \right) = \left( {\frac{1}{{{x^2}}}} \right)\frac{{{x^3}}}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^{3/2}}}} \cr & \kappa \left( x \right) = \frac{x}{{{{\left( {{x^2} + 1} \right)}^{3/2}}}} \cr} $$
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