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Vector - Valued Functions Assignment Additional Problems

This document contains 6 problems involving vector-valued functions and their derivatives. The problems involve finding tangent lines, acceleration vectors, positions, velocities, and distances traveled for particles moving along curves in the xy-plane where their position, velocity, and acceleration vectors are given as functions of time t.

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Vector - Valued Functions Assignment Additional Problems

This document contains 6 problems involving vector-valued functions and their derivatives. The problems involve finding tangent lines, acceleration vectors, positions, velocities, and distances traveled for particles moving along curves in the xy-plane where their position, velocity, and acceleration vectors are given as functions of time t.

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Vector-Valued

Functions Assignment ~ Additional Problems


Due: Wednesday, 4/2

1. Find the equation of the line tangent to the vector-valued function, = sin 2 , 2 5 ,
at = 2.

2. A particle moves in the xy-plane so that for values of 0, its position vector is
ln , ! . Find the acceleration vector at time = 1.





3. A particle moves in the xy-plane so that for values of 0, its velocity vector is 2 1, 4 .
If it begins at the origin at time = 0, find its x-coordinate at time = 3.






4. If









!" !"

!" !"

= 5 ! , 4 3 and ! , ! = 0, 0 , find , .

5. The acceleration vector for an object is ! , ! . Find the position of the object at = 1 if
the initial velocity is ! = 3, 1 and the initial position of the object is at the origin.

6. An object moving along a curve in the xy-plane is at position , () at time t. For


!"
!
!"
!
0 < 1, !" = !!! and !" =
. At time = 0, the object is at the point ln 3 , 0 .
!!! !
a. Find the speed and acceleration of the object at time = 0.
!
b. Find the position of the object at time = ! .
!

c. Find the equation of the line tangent to the curve at time = ! .

d. Find the total distance traveled by the object over the time interval 0 ! .

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