Homework # 7 - Math 250
The problems on this homework must be done alone. The honor code is in effect.
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1. Find the unit tangent vector to the curve \({\bf r}(t) = \langle 3te^t, \frac{4}{\ln 2} 2^t \rangle\) at \(t = 0\)
a. \({\bf T}(0) = \langle 0, 1 \rangle \)
b. \({\bf T}(0) = \langle 3, 4\rangle \)
c. \({\bf T}(0) = \langle 0, 1\rangle \)
d. \({\bf T}(0) = \langle \frac{3}{5}, \frac{4}{5} \rangle \)
e. \({\bf T}(0) = \langle \frac{1}{2}, \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2}\rangle \))
2. Find the principal unit normal vector to the curve \({\bf r}(t) = \cos(t^2), \sin(t^2) \rangle\) where \(t > 0\)?
a. \({\bf N}(t) = \langle -\cos(t^2), -\sin(t^2)\rangle \)
b. \({\bf N}(t) = \langle t^2\cos(t^2), t^2\sin(t^2)\rangle \)
c. \({\bf N}(t) = \langle -t^2\sin(t^2), t^2\cos(t^2)\rangle \)
d. \({\bf N}(t) = \langle \sin(t^2), \cos(t^2)\rangle \)
e. \({\bf N}(t) = \langle -t^2\sin(t^2), -t^2\cos(t^2)\rangle \)
3. Evaluate the indefinite integral. \(\int \langle t e^t, e^{-t} \rangle dt\)
a. \(\langle \frac{1}{2}t^2 e^t + c_1, -e^{-t} + c_2 \rangle \)
b. \(\langle \frac{1}{2}t^2 e^t + c_1, e^{-t} + c_2 \rangle \)
c. \(\langle te^t - e^t + c_1, -e^{t} + c_2 \rangle \)
d. \(\langle te^t + e^t + c_1, e^{-t} + c_2 \rangle \)
e. \(\langle te^t - e^t + c_1, -e^{-t} + c_2 \rangle \)
4. What does it mean if an object has a constant acceleration of \(\langle 0, 0\rangle \)?
a. The object is stopped.
b. The object is moving in a circle at constant speed.
c. The object is moving in a straight line at constant speed or is stopped.
d. The object is moving in a circle at constant speed or is stopped.
e. The object is moving in a circle at constant speed or a straight line at constant speed.
5. What's does the following equation represent \(r = z\)? (You're meant to infer the coordinate system we're using here.)
a. Two straight lines in the rz-plane.
b. A paraboloid opening on the positive z-axis.
c. A paraboloid opening on the positive x-axis.
d. A cone centered around the z-axis.
e. A cone centered around the r-axis.
6. What's does the following equation represent \(r^2 + z^2 = 1\)?
a. A sphere of radius 1.
b. Just the point at the origin.
d. A hyperboloid of two sheets opening on the z-axis.
e. A parabolic hyerboloid.
7. What's does the following set of equations represent \(\rho \leq 1, 0 \leq \theta \leq \frac{\pi}{2}, 0\leq \phi \leq \frac{\pi}{2})?
a. A solid sphere of radius 1.
b. Half of a solid sphere of radius 1.
c. One third of a solid sphere of radius 1.
d. One quarter of a solid sphere of radius 1.
e. One eighth of a solid sphere of radius 1.
8. Find the curvature, \(K\), for the curve \({\bf r}(t) = \langle t, t^2, t^3 \rangle\) at \(t = 1\).
a. \(\frac{1}{2} \)
b. \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\)
c. \(\frac{\sqrt{19}}{7\sqrt{14}}\)
d. \(\frac{\sqrt{19}}{\sqrt{14}} \)
e. \(\frac{1}{\sqrt{14}} \)
9. Find the length of the curve \(C:\vec{r}(t) = \langle \cos t, \sin t, \frac{3}{4}t \rangle \) where \(0 \leq t \leq 4\pi\).
a. \(\pi\)
b. \(2\pi\)
c. \(3\pi\)
d. \(4\pi\)
e. \(5\pi\)