Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 14 - Vector Calculus - 14.3 Conservative Vector Fields - 14.3 Exercises - Page 1085: 36

Answer

$-18\pi $ ; not conservative

Work Step by Step

For a vector field to be Conservative, $\dfrac{\partial f}{\partial y}=\dfrac{\partial g}{\partial x}$ We are given that $F(x,y)=(y, \ -x)$ Also, the curve is $r(t)= (3 \cos t, 3 \sin t)$ This implies that $r'(t) = (-3 \sin t, 3 \cos t)$ Therefore, the integral is: $\oint F \ dr=\int_0^{2 \pi} F[r(t)] r'(t) \ dt\\=\int_0^{2 \pi} (3 \sin t, -3 \cos t) (-3 \sin t, 3 \cos t)\\=\int_0^{2 \pi} (-9) \ dt \\=-9 \times (2\pi-0) \\=-18\pi $ Since, the integral is not zero,this means that the given vector field is not conservative.
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