Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 13 - Section 13.3 - Arc Length and Curvature - 13.3 Exercise - Page 868: 17

Answer

(a) The unit normal vector $N(t)$ is given by: $$ \begin{aligned} N(t)&=\langle 0,-\cos t,-\sin t\rangle \\ \end{aligned} $$ (b) The curvature is given by: $$ \begin{aligned} & k(t)=\frac{3}{10}. \end{aligned} $$

Work Step by Step

(a) We have a parametrization $$ r(t)= t \mathbf{i}+3 \cos t \mathbf{j}+3 \sin t \mathbf{k} \\ = \langle t, 3 \cos t, 3 \sin t\rangle $$ $\Rightarrow $ $$ r^{\prime}(t)=\langle 1,-3 \sin t, 3 \cos t\rangle $$ $$ \mathrm\Rightarrow\left|\mathrm{r}^{\prime}(t)\right|=\sqrt{1+9 \sin ^{2} t+9 \cos ^{2} t}=\sqrt{10} $$ The unit tangent vector $T(t)$ is given by: $$ \begin{aligned} T(t) &=\frac{r^{\prime}(t)}{\left|r^{\prime}(t)\right|}\\ &=\frac{1}{\sqrt{10}}\langle 1,-3 \sin t, 3 \cos t\rangle \end{aligned} $$ Then $$ \begin{aligned} T^{\prime}(t)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{10}}(0,-3 \cos t,-3 \sin t) \end{aligned} $$ $\Rightarrow$ $$ \left|\mathrm{T}^{\prime}(t)\right|=\frac{1}{\sqrt{15}} \sqrt{0+9 \cos ^{2} t+9 \sin ^{2} t}=\frac{3}{\sqrt{10}} $$ The principal unit normal vector $N(t)$ is given by: $$ N(t)=\frac{\mathrm{T}^{\prime}(t)}{\left|\mathbf{T}^{\prime}(t)\right|} $$ Therefore, $$ \begin{aligned} N(t)&=\frac{\mathrm{T}^{\prime}(t)}{\left|\mathbf{T}^{\prime}(t)\right|} \\ &=\frac{1 / \sqrt{10}}{3 / \sqrt{10}}\langle 0,-3 \cos t,-3 \sin t\rangle \\ & =\langle 0,-\cos t,-\sin t\rangle \\ \end{aligned} $$ (b) The curvature is given by: $$ \begin{aligned} k(t)&=\frac{\left|\mathbf{T}^{\prime}(t)\right|}{\left|\mathbf{r}^{\prime}(t)\right|} \ \ \text { by using the Formula 9} \\ & =\frac{3 / \sqrt{10}}{\sqrt{10}}\\ &=\frac{3}{10}. \end{aligned} $$
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