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Find the time in years it takes the dwarf planet Pluto to make one orbit about the Sun given that A.U.
Suppose that the position function for an object in three dimensions is given by the equation
Show that the particle moves on a circular cone.
Find the angle between the velocity and acceleration vectors when
Find the tangential and normal components of acceleration when
True or False ? Justify your answer with a proof or a counterexample.
A parametric equation that passes through points P and Q can be given by where and
The curvature of a circle of radius is constant everywhere. Furthermore, the curvature is equal to
The speed of a particle with a position function is
False, it is
Find the domains of the vector-valued functions.
Sketch the curves for the following vector equations. Use a calculator if needed.
Find a vector function that describes the following curves.
Intersection of the cylinder with the plane
Find the derivatives of and Find the unit tangent vector.
Evaluate the following integrals.
Find the length for the following curves.
Reparameterize the following functions with respect to their arc length measured from in direction of increasing
Find the curvature for the following vector functions.
Find the unit tangent vector, the unit normal vector, and the binormal vector for
Find the tangential and normal acceleration components with the position vector
A Ferris wheel car is moving at a constant speed and has a constant radius Find the tangential and normal acceleration of the Ferris wheel car.
The position of a particle is given by where is measured in seconds and is measured in meters. Find the velocity, acceleration, and speed functions. What are the position, velocity, speed, and acceleration of the particle at 1 sec?
m/sec, m/sec; at m, m/sec, m/sec 2 , and m/sec
The following problems consider launching a cannonball out of a cannon. The cannonball is shot out of the cannon with an angle and initial velocity The only force acting on the cannonball is gravity, so we begin with a constant acceleration
Find the velocity vector function
Find the position vector and the parametric representation for the position.
At what angle do you need to fire the cannonball for the horizontal distance to be greatest? What is the total distance it would travel?
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