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Vector and Parametric Equations Worksheet

Write vector and parametric equations for each of the following.

1) The line through (1,5) with direction vector 2, 1 .

2) The line with x-intercept (4,0) and y-intercept (0,-3).

3) The line through (1,0) and (3,-4).

4) The line through (3,1) and (-4,-4).

5) The line through (-2,3) and (5,1).

6) The horizontal line through (-5, -5).

7) The vertical line through  2, 3 .

For 8 – 9, a particle moves along a line in the coordinate plane.

a) Determine the velocity and speed of the moving point.
b) Determine the parametric equations of the moving point.

8) x, y  1,4  t 3, 2 9) x, y  2,0  t 1,3

10) Determine the vector and parametric equations of the moving object described:
Velocity = 1, 1 and position at time t=0 is (1,-5)

11) A line has vector equation x, y  3,2  t 2,4 . Give a pair of parametric equations and a Cartesian
equation of the line.
12) A line has parametric equations x  5  t and y  4  2t . Give a vector equation and a Cartesian equation of
the line.

13) Determine a vector equation of the line through (2,1) and parallel to the line x, y  2,7  t 3,5 .

14) At time t, the position of an object moving with constant velocity is given by the parametric equations
x  2  3t and y  1  2t.
a) Determine the velocity and speed of the object?

b) When and where does it cross the line x  y  2?

15) At time t, the position of an object moving with constant velocity is given by the parametric equations
x  1  3t and y  2  4t.
a) Determine the velocity and speed of the object?

b) When and where does it cross the line x-axis?

16) An object moves with constant velocity so that its position at time t is x, y  1,1  t 1,1 . When and
where does the object cross the circle ( x  1)2  y 2  5?

17) An object moves with constant velocity so that its position at time t is x, y  2,0  t 1, 1 . When and
where does the object cross the hyperbola x 2  2 y 2  4?