Chapter 1 Vector-Valued Functions

ADDITIONAL EXERCISE

1. Express each of the following parametric equations in a single vector and component
forms.
1
(a) x t t  2, y t 6sin t , z t 
t
t2 5t
(b) x t , y t e , z t 1  3t
3
3
(c) x t ln t , y t cot t  8, z t 5  t 3
5
3
(d) x t , y t t 2 cos t , z t e  t
t 1

2. Write the parametric equations for each of the following vector functions.
G
(a) r t t  1 t  2 , t  1 , e 2t
G
(b) r t ln 3t , t 2  cos t , 5e3t

3. Determine the domain of the following vector functions.

G 1 G G G t 1
G
(a) r t cos t  4, ln t  1 , (c) r t sin 2t i  4t j  e k
t 1
G t 1 G 2
(b) r t t 2  4,sin 2t , (d) r t t 2  1, cos 2t ,
t 2 1 t 1
2

4. Determine the limits of the following vector functions.

t  1 3
(a) lim ln t , t 2  1, t  3 (d) lim e 3t , ,
t o2 t o1 t 2 1 t  2
sin 3t 2 t 1 1 t 3
(b) lim , t  3, (e) lim e 3t , ,
t o t t 1 t of t  2 t2  2

1  t 2 1 1 t2 1 t
(c) lim t 2  1, e 2t , (f) lim , ,e
t o t2 t of t t

G G
5. Find r c t and r cc t for the following vectors.
G G G §3· G
(a) r t 2t 3 i  6 t j  ¨ ¸ k
©t¹
G G G G
(b) r t te  t i  t ln t j  t cos t k

G G G § t2 ·G
(c) r t 2 ln t  1 i  t 2 j  ¨ ¸k
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G G G G
(d) r t 2 cos t i  3sin t j  4t k

G G G G G G G G
6. If r1 t 2t 3 i  t 2  1 j  8k and r2 t et i  2e  t j  e 2t k , find
d G G d G G
(a) (r1 <r2 ) (b) (r1 u r2 )
dt dt

7. Compute,
d ª 2G t G G G G G
(a) 3t i  e j  2t k < cos t i  sin 2t j  3t 2 k º
dt ¬ ¼
d ª
(b) 1, t , t 2 u t 2 , 2t ,1 º¼
dt ¬

8. Solve each of the following integrals.

§ G G 1 G·
(a) ³ ¨ (t  1)i  cos t j  k ¸ dt
© t 1 ¹
§ 2 G § 3t · G ·
(b) ³ ¨ tet i  ¨ 2 ¸ k ¸ dt
© © t 1¹ ¹
G G
(c) ³ 3t i  3t sin t j dt

ln 2 G G
(d) ³
et i  et cos S et j dt

9. Find the arc length of the following vector functions.

G G G S
(a) r t cos t  t sin t i  sin t  t cos t j for  d t d
2
G G G G
(b) r t e i  e   j  e   k
2t 2t 2t
for  d t d OQ 

G G G 3G
(c) r t cos t i  sin t j  t 2 k for  d t d 
G G G G
(d) r t ln t i  2t j  t 2 k for 1 d t d 4
G § t3 · G § t2 ·G §1· G
(e) r t ¨ ¸i  ¨ ¸ j  ¨ ¸ k for  d t d 
©3¹ ©2 ¹ ©2¹
G G G G
(f) r t et i  e  t j  t 2k for  d t d 

 Find the arc length of the following vector functions.

G G G
(a) r (t ) 2 sin t i  2 cos t j from the point A   to the point B (2, )
G G G G
(b) r (t ) 4 cos t i  4 sin t j  t k from the point A   S to the point
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G G
r c(t ) u r cc(t )
11. Find the curvature by using the formula N (t ) G 3
for,
r c(t )
G G G G
(a) r (t ) e 2t i  2t j  4k at the point where t 
G G G
(b) r (t ) 2 cos t i  3sin t j at the point where t 

G G G
12. Find the T (t ) , N (t ) , B(t ) , and N (t ) of the following space curves.
G G G G
(a) r t 3sin t i  3cos t j  4t k
G G G G
(b) r t et cos t i  et sin t j  2k
G G G G
(c) r t sin t i  2 cos t j  sin t k

G
13. Find the velocity, speed, and acceleration of the following position vector r t .
G G G § t2 · G
(a) r t t 3  1 i  t 2  5 j  ¨ ¸ k at t 2
©2¹
G G G G
(b) r t e 2t i  sin t j  t 2 cos t k at t 

G G
14. Find the position vector r (t ) of the following vectors if given the acceleration a (t )
G G
with the initial velocity v  and the initial position r () .
G G G G G G G
(a) a (t ) 1k ;v  i j ; r () 5 j
G G G
(b) a t VLQ t  FRV t  v     r    
G G G
(c) a (t ) t  VLQ t  te v 
2 t
   r   
G G G 1
(d) a (t ) e 2t  t 2  t VLQ t v    r    
4

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