Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 13 - Section 13.2 - Derivatives and Integrals of Vector Functions - 13.2 Exercise - Page 860: 20

Answer

$\boldsymbol{T}(\frac{\pi}{4})=\langle\frac{\sqrt2}{6},\frac{-\sqrt2}{6},\frac{2\sqrt2}{3}\rangle$.

Work Step by Step

$\boldsymbol{r}(t)=\langle \sin^2{t},\cos^2{t},\tan^2{t}\rangle$ $\boldsymbol{T}(t)=\frac{\boldsymbol{r'}(t)}{|\boldsymbol{r'}(t)|}=\frac{1}{\sqrt{(2\sin{t}\cos{t})^2+(-2\sin{t}\cos{t})^2+(2\tan{t}\sec^2{t})^2}}\langle2\sin{t}\cos{t},-2\sin{t}\cos{t},2\tan{t}\sec^2{t}\rangle \Rightarrow \boldsymbol{T}(\frac{\pi}{4})=\frac{1}{\sqrt{(2\sin{(\frac{\pi}{4})}\cos{(\frac{\pi}{4})})^2+(-2\sin{(\frac{\pi}{4})}\cos{(\frac{\pi}{4})})^2+(2\tan{(\frac{\pi}{4})}\sec^2{(\frac{\pi}{4})})^2}}\langle2\sin{(\frac{\pi}{4})}\cos{(\frac{\pi}{4})},-2\sin{(\frac{\pi}{4})}\cos{(\frac{\pi}{4})},2\tan{(\frac{\pi}{4})}\sec^2{(\frac{\pi}{4})}\rangle=\frac{1}{3\sqrt2}\langle1,-1,4\rangle=\langle\frac{\sqrt2}{6},\frac{-\sqrt2}{6},\frac{2\sqrt2}{3}\rangle$
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