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: 20

Answer

$r(t) =\lt a+t(u-a),b+t(v-b),c+t(w-c) \gt$ $x=a+t(u-a) \\ y= b+t(v-b); \\z=c+t(w-c) ; \\0 \leq t \leq 1$

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: $r(t)=(1-t) r_0+tr_1=(1-t) \lt a,b,c \gt +t \lt u,v,w \gt$ or, $=\lt a-at,b-bt, c-ct \gt + \lt ut,vt,wt\gt$ or, $= \lt a+t(u-a),b+t(v-b),c+t(w-c) \gt$ Thus, we have $r(t) =\lt a+t(u-a),b+t(v-b),c+t(w-c) \gt$ Now, the parametric equations are: $x=a+t(u-a) \\ y= b+t(v-b); \\z=c+t(w-c) ; \\0 \leq t \leq 1$
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