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BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCE, PILANI

First Semester, 2021-22


MATH F111 : Mathematics-I
Tutorial Sheet-I

1. Let r(t) is the position vector given as


r(t) = 3 sin ti + sin 3tj + 3t2 k.

Find the angle between the velocity and the acceleration vector at time t = 0. Also, find the parametric
equation of the tangent line to the given curve at t = 0.
2. Solve the following IVP for r as a vector function of t:
d2 r
= −3ti + t2 j − 2k,
dt2
initial conditions:
r(0) = i + j + k, and
dr
|t=0 = 0.
dt
3. Find the arc length of the following curves
2π
(i) r(t) = (cos 3t)i + (sin 3t)j + 3tk, 0≤t≤ 3 ,
(ii) r(t) = (cos 5t )i + (sin 5t )j + 5t k, 0 ≤ t ≤ 10π,
(iii) r(t) = (cos 23 t)i − (sin 23 t)j − 23 tk, − 3π ≤ t ≤ 0.
Is the answer same for each curve? If yes, why?
4. A person travel along two different paths whose position vectors are given as
(i) r(t) = (6 sin 2t)i + (6 cos 2t)j + 5tk, 0 ≤ t ≤ π,
√ 3
(ii) r(t) = (t cos t)i + (t sin t)j + ( 2 3 2 )t 2 k, 0 ≤ t ≤ π.
If the person is traveling at a constant speed, along with both the paths, find out on which path will the
person take less time?
5. An experiment of driving a car on two given curves will be conducted. Driver has been instructed to drive the
car maintaining the speed of 50 km/h, without applying the brakes
r1 (t) = (b cos t)i + (b sin t)j + atk,
r2 (t) = (a cos t)i + (a sin t)j + btk,
provided that b  a, a, b > 0. Give a reason on which track driver feels more curvature.
Show that the center of the osculating circle for the parabola x = y 2 at the point (a2 , a) is located at
6. 
3a2 + 12 , −4a3 .

7. For given curve r(t) = (et cos t)i + (et sin t)j + 2k, calculate T, N, ρ. Also find the points on the curve for
which tangent vector is parallel to following vectors
1. i + j
2. i
8. As we know the torsion τ is given by τ = − dB
ds · N, derive a formula for τ from given form which contain B,
N, and |v|. Use the derived formula to derive τ for given curve
r(t) = (cosh t)i − (sinh t)j + tk.

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