I prefer to use brackets for the vectors rather than having all the i, j, k letters floating around. I'm also using exaggerated spacing in the notation for r ' (t) and r ' ' (t) so things can be seen clearly. Steps of finding the cross products are omitted because this was getting too long to type out.
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I prefer to use brackets for the vectors rather than having all the i, j, k letters floating around. I'm also using exaggerated spacing in the notation for r ' (t) and r ' ' (t) so things can be seen clearly. Steps of finding the cross products are omitted because this was getting too long to type out.
a) r(t) = ⟨ 6t^2 , 6t - 2t^3 ⟩
r ' (t) = ⟨ 12t , 6 - 6t^2 ⟩
r ' ' (t) = ⟨ 12 , -12t ⟩
| r ' (t) | = √[(12t)^2 + (6 - 6t^2)^2]
= √(144t^2 + 36 - 72t^2 + 36t^4)
= √(36t^4 + 72t^2 + 36)
= √[(6t^2 + 6)^2]
= (6t^2 + 6)
aT = [ r ' (t) • r ' ' (t) ] / | r ' (t) |
= [ ⟨ 12t , 6 - 6t^2 ⟩ • ⟨ 12 , -12t ⟩ ] / (6t^2 + 6)
= (144t - 72t + 72t^3) / (6t^2 + 6)
= (72t^3 + 72t) / (6t^2 + 6)
= [12t * (6t^2 + 6)] / (6t^2 + 6)
= 12t
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aN = | r ' (t) x r ' ' (t) | / | r ' (t) |
= (-72t^2 - 72) / (6t^2 + 6)
= [-12(6t^2 + 6)] / (6t^2 + 6)
= -12
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b) r(t) = ⟨ 3t , 3t^2 , (1/2)t^2 ⟩
r ' (t) = ⟨ 3 , 6t , t ⟩
r ' ' (t) = ⟨ 0 , 6 , 1 ⟩
| r ' (t) | = √[(3)^2 + (6t)^2 + (t)^2] = √(37t^2 + 9)
aT = [ r ' (t) • r ' ' (t) ] / | r ' (t) |
= [⟨ 3 , 6t , t ⟩ • ⟨ 0 , 6 , 1 ⟩] / √(37t^2 + 9)
= (36t + t) / √(37t^2 + 9)
= [37t / √(37t^2 + 9)]
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aN = | r ' (t) x r ' ' (t) | / | r ' (t) |
= | ⟨ 0 , -3 , 18 ⟩ | / √(37t^2 + 9)
= √333 / √(37t^2 + 9)
= √[333 / (37t^2 + 9)]
YES