KKKQ1123 SET 3/SET 10

EXERCISE CHAPTER 12.1 – 12.6

1. Graph the curve traced by the given vector function.

(a) r ( t ) = 2sin t i + 4 cos t j + t k ; t ≥ 0

π
=(b) r (t ) 2 sin t , 2 sin t , 2 cos t ; 0 ≤ t ≤
2
(c) r ( t ) = et cos t i + et sin t j + et k

2. Show that the curve with parametric equations

= x t cos
= sin t , z t lies on the
t, y t =
2
cone z= x 2 + y 2 , and use this fact to help sketch the curve.

3. Find the vector function that describes the curve C of intersection between the
z x 2 + y 2 and the plane y = x. Sketch the curve C. Use parameter x = t.
paraboloid =

4. Graph the curve C that is described by r and graph r' at the indicated value of t.

(a) r ( t ) = π 6
2 cos t i + 6sin t j; t =

(b) r ( t ) = 3cos t i + 3sin t j + 2t k ; t = π 4

5. Find the length of the curve traced by r ( t ) = et cos ( 2t ) i + et sin ( 2t ) j + et k on the

interval 0 ≤ t ≤ 3π .

6. A particle moves in a path defined by the vector-valued function

r ( t ) =t 2 i + ( 2t − 3) j + ( 3t 2 − 3t ) k ,

where t measures time in seconds and distance is measured in feet.

(a) Find aT and aN as functions of t.

(b) Find aT and aN at time t = 2.

7. During an Independence Day celebration, a cannonball is fired from a cannon on a

cliff toward the water. The cannon is aimed at an angle of 30° above horizontal and

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the initial speed of the cannonball is 600 ft/sec. The cliff is 100 ft above the water (see
Figure 1).

(a) Find the maximum height of the cannonball.

(b) How long will it take for the cannonball to splash into the sea?
(c) How far out to sea will the cannonball hit the water?

Figure 1

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