MATH 152 Assignment 5, Spring 2024.

Webassign Exercises
8.1 Exercises 9, 11

8.3 Exercises 22, 23, 25, 29

10.2 Exercises 7, 39, 47

11.1 Exercises 7, 20, 23, 29, 31, 82.

Written Exercises
1 (Section 8.1) A hawk flying at 15 m/s at a height of 180 m accidentally drops its prey. The
parabolic trajectory of the falling prey is given by the equation y = 180 − x2 /45 where y is
the height above the ground and x is the horizontal distance travelled in m. Calculate the
distance travelled by the prey until it hits the ground. Show your working.
You should get 209.1 m. We suggest you sketch a diagram that shows what is happening.
Formula 21 in the Table of Integrals at the back of the text should be helpful.

2 (Section 8.3) Three equal masses are located at (0, 1), (1, 0), (0, 0) respectively. Find the center
of mass of the system.

3 (Section 8.3) Find the location of the centroid for the region bounded by sin x and the x axis
for 0 ≤ x ≤ π.

4 (Section 10.2) Consider the parametric curve x = t3 + 1, y = 2t − t2 . Sketch the curve for
dy
0 ≤ t ≤ 2. For what value of t is dx = 0. Identify the point in your sketch. Calculate the
area between y(x) and the x axis.

5 (Section 10.2) Consider the parameteric curve given by x = cos t, y = sin t. Sketch the curve
for 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π. Find the length of the curve for 0 ≤ t ≤ 2π.

6 Section 11.1 exericise 48.

7 Section 11.1 exercise 70.