Calculus: Early Transcendentals 8th Edition

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

Chapter 16 - Section 16.3 - The Fundamental Theorem for Line Integrals - 16.3 Exercise - Page 1095: 20

Answer

$-2$

Work Step by Step

When the vector field $F(x,y)=Pi+Qj$ is a conservative field, then throughout the domain $D$, we have $\dfrac{\partial P}{\partial y}=\dfrac{\partial Q}{\partial x}$ $P$ and $Q$ are the first-order partial derivatives on the domain $D$. Here, we have $\dfrac{\partial P}{\partial y}=\dfrac{\partial Q}{\partial x}=\cos y$ This implies that the vector field $F$ is conservative. Now, we have $f(x,y)=x \sin y+\cos y+ g(y)$ $f_y(x,y)=x \cos y-\sin y$ Here, we get $g(y)=C$; $C$ is a constant Thus, we get $F(x,y)=x \sin y+\cos y+ C$ Now, $\int_C F \cdot dr =F(1,\pi)-F(2,0)=(1 \sin \pi+\cos \pi+ C)-(2 \sin 0+\cos 0+ C)$ or, $\int_C F \cdot dr=(0-1+C)-(0+1+C)=-2$
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