Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1285741552
ISBN 13: 978-1-28574-155-0

Chapter 13 - Review - Exercises - Page 882: 12

Answer

At $(3,0)$, $\kappa = \dfrac{3}{16}$ At $(0,4)$, $\kappa = \dfrac{4}{9}$

Work Step by Step

We write the curvature $\kappa$ for a plane curve system as follows: $\kappa = \dfrac{(x' y''-y'x'')}{(x'+y')^{3/2}}$ $x=3 \cos t\\ x' =-3 \sin t \\ x'' =-3 \cos t $ $y =4 \sin t\\ y' =4 \cos t \\ y'' =-4 \sin t $ Now, $\kappa = \dfrac{(12 \sin^2 t+12 \cos^2 t)}{(9 \sin^2 t +16 \cos^2 t)^{3/2}} =\dfrac{12}{(9 \sin^2 t + 16 \cos^2 t)^{3/2}}$ At $(3,0)$, $\kappa = \dfrac{(12 \sin^2 t+12 \cos^2 t)}{(9 \sin^2 t + 16 \cos^2 t)^{3/2}} =\dfrac{12}{16 \times \cos^2 (0)^{3/2}}=\dfrac{3}{16}$ At $(0,4)$, $\kappa = \dfrac{12}{(9 \sin^2 (\pi/2) + 16 \cos^2 (\pi/2))^{3/2}} =\dfrac{12}{(9)^{3/2}}=\dfrac{4}{9}$
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