Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
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ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 10 - Section 10.2 - Calculus with Parametric Curves - 10.2 Exercises - Page 655: 21

Answer

a: Estimated coordinates are $(\frac{3}{5},2)$ b: Actual coordinates are $(0.5824, 2.0114)$

Work Step by Step

a: With Desmos, we can see that the rightmost point on the function is somewhere around $(\frac{3}{5},2)$ b: To find the exact value, we need to find the vertical asymptote closest to the right. $\frac{dx}{dt}=1-6t^{5}$ $\frac{dy}{dt}=e^{t}$ $\frac{dy}{dx}=\frac{e^{t}}{1-6t^{5}}$ To find the vertical asymptotes, we find when the denominator is equal to zero $1-6t^{5}=0$ $1=6t^{5}$ $\frac{1}{5}=t^{5}$ $\sqrt[5]\frac{1}{6}=t$ Now we plug t in for x and y $x=t-t^{6}$ $\left(\sqrt[5]{\left(\frac{1}{6}\right)}-\left(\sqrt[5]{\left(\frac{1}{6}\right)}\right)^{6}\right)= 0.5824$ $y=e^{t}$ $e^{\sqrt[5]{\left(\frac{1}{6}\right)}}=2.0114$ Thus giving us the point at $(0.5824, 2.0114)$
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