Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 13 - Section 13.1 - Vector Functions and Space Curves - 13.1 Exercises - Page 854: 19

Answer

$r(t) =\lt \dfrac{t}{2},-1+\dfrac{4t}{3},1-\dfrac{3t}{4} \gt$ $x=\dfrac{t}{2} \\ y= -1+\dfrac{4t}{3}; \\z=1-\dfrac{3t}{4} ; \\0 \leq t \leq 1$

Work Step by Step

The vector line equation of a line segment joining the points with position vectors $r_0$ and $r_1$ for the given two points is as follows: $r(t)=(1-t) r_0+tr_1=(1-t) \lt 0,-1, 1 \gt +t \lt \dfrac{1}{2},\dfrac{1}{3},\dfrac{1}{4} \gt$ or, $=\lt 0,-1+t,1-t \gt + \lt \dfrac{t}{2},\dfrac{t}{3},\dfrac{t}{4} \gt$ or, $= \lt \dfrac{t}{2},-1+\dfrac{4t}{3},1-\dfrac{3t}{4} \gt$ Thus, we have $r(t) =\lt \dfrac{t}{2},-1+\dfrac{4t}{3},1-\dfrac{3t}{4} \gt$ Now, the parametric equations are: $x=\dfrac{t}{2} \\ y= -1+\dfrac{4t}{3}; \\z=1-\dfrac{3t}{4} ; \\0 \leq t \leq 1$
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