Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 14 - Vector Calculus - 14.3 Conservative Vector Fields - 14.3 Exercises - Page 1086: 51

Answer

$\int_C F \ dr= F \cdot \overrightarrow{AB}$

Work Step by Step

For a vector field to be Conservative, $\dfrac{\partial f_1}{\partial y}=\dfrac{\partial f_2}{\partial x}$ We are given that the force field as: $F(x,y, z)=(a, b, c)$ Next, we will find the potential function for the given vector field as: $\phi(x,y, z)=ax+by+cz$ Therefore, the integral can be expressed as: $\int_C F \ dr=\phi(B) -\phi(A) \\=F \cdot B-F \cdot A \\=F \cdot (B-A) \\= F \cdot \overrightarrow{AB}$ Thus, it has been proved that $\int_C F \ dr= F \cdot \overrightarrow{AB}$ by using the fundamental theorem.
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