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1. Find a parametric equation of the line passing through the points A (2,3,-1) and
B (4,-3,2).
Solution :
𝒙 − 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔
𝑥 = 2 + (4 − 2)𝑡
𝑥 = 2 + 2𝑡
𝒚 – 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔
𝑦 = 3 + (−3 − 3)𝑡
𝑦 = 3 − 6𝑡
𝒛 – 𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒔
𝑧 = −1 + (2 − (−1))𝑡
𝑧 = −1 + 3𝑡
ANSWERS
𝑥 = 2 + 2𝑡
𝑦 = 3 – 6𝑡
𝑧 = −1 + 3𝑡
2. Find a vector equation for the line that joints point A (1,-1,2) and B (4,1,7).
Vector equation 𝑟(𝑡) = (−2 + (4 − 1)𝑡 , 1 + (1 + 1) , 2 + (7 − 2)𝑡 )
= (−2 + 3𝑡 , 1 + 2𝑡 , 2 + 5𝑡)
𝑥 = 1−𝑡 ( -1, 1 ) ( 1, 0 )
𝑦=𝑡
𝒙=𝟏−𝒕
𝑡 =1−𝑥
𝒚=𝒕
𝑥 = 1−𝑦
𝒚 = 𝟏 − 𝒙 𝑦 = 𝑚𝑥 + 𝑐
b) 𝒓 = 𝐜𝐨𝐬 𝒕 𝒊 + 𝐬𝐢𝐧 𝒕 𝒋 + 𝒕𝒌 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝟎 ≪ 𝒕 ≪ 𝟏
𝑥(𝑡) = cos 𝑡
𝑦(𝑡) = sin 𝑡
𝑧(𝑡) = 𝑡
𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 𝑐𝑜𝑠 2 𝑡 + 𝑠𝑖𝑛2 𝑡 = 1
𝑡 = 0, (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = (1, 0, 0)
𝑡 = 𝜋, (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = (−1, 0, 𝜋)
𝑥2 + 𝑦2 = 1
𝑦+𝑧=2
Since 𝑥 2 + 𝑦 2 = 1 is a vertical cylinder centred at origin and radius √1 , the plane parametric
equation for the vector-valued 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 2 cylinder fuction is :
𝑥 = √1 cos 𝑡
𝑦 = √1 sin 𝑡
𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑦 + 𝑧 = 2
𝑧 =2−𝑦
= 2 − √1 sin 𝑡
: 𝑉𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑜𝑟 𝑣𝑎𝑙𝑢𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑢𝑛𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑦
𝑟(𝑡) = 𝑥𝑖 + 𝑦𝑗 + 𝑧𝑘