SECTION 14.

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|||| 14.4 Motion in Space: Velocity and Acceleration

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1. Find the velocity, acceleration, and speed of a particle with 6. rt  e t i  2t j  e t k

position function
7. rt  cosh t i  sinh t j  t k
rt  st, 1  t

Sketch the path of the particle and draw the velocity and 8. A gun has muzzle speed 120 ms. What angle of elevation
acceleration vectors for t  1. should be used to hit an object 500 m away?
2 7 |||| Find the velocity, acceleration, and speed of a particle with
912 |||| Find the tangential and normal components of the acceler-
the given position function. ation vector.
2. rt  t, t 2, t 3  9. rt  t 2  4 i  2t  3 j
3. rt  t 3, t 2  1, t 3  1  10. rt  t  sin t i  1  cos t j
4. rt   st, t, t st  11. rt  t i  4 sin t j  4 cos t k
5. rt  1t i  j  t k 2
12. rt  t 3 i  t 2 j  t k

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1. 2
t , 1, 14 t3/2 , 0 , 14 t1 + 1 5. t2 , 0, 2t , 2t3 , 0, 2 , 2 4t6 + 1
t
 t t
  t t

6. e , 2, e , e , 0, e , e2t + 4 + e2t

7.
sinh t, cosh t, 1,
cosh t, sinh t, 0, cosh 2t + 1

8. 9.9
2t 2
9. ,
t2
+1 t +1
2

sin t 1 cos t
10.  ,
  2 (1 cos t) 2
2. 1, 2t, 3t2 ,
0, 2, 6t, 1 + 4t2 + 9t4
 2  11. 0, 4
2
3. 3t , 2t, 3t ,
6t, 2, 6t, |t| 18t2 + 4


 18t3 + 4t 2 9t4 + 9t2 + 1
12. ,
1/2
4. 12 t , 1, 32 t1/2 , 14 t3/2 , 0, 34 t1/2 , 9t4 + 4t2 + 1 9t4 + 4t2 + 1

1 1 + 4t + 9t2
2 t
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Solutions

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1. r (t) = t, 1 t v (t) = 12 t1/2 , 1 , 9. r (t) = 2t i + 2 j, |r (t)| = 2 t2 + 1, r (t) = 2 i. Thus

  4t 2t
a (t) = 14 t3/2 , 0 , |v (t)| = 14 t1 + 1 aT = = and
2 t2 + 1 t2 + 1
   
At t = 1: v (1) = 12 , 1 , a (1) = 14 , 0 |4k| 2
aN = = .
Since x2 = t, y = 1 t = 1 x2 , but x = t, so x 0. 2 t +1
2 t +1
2


10. r (t) = (1 cos t) i + (sin t) j,

|r (t)| = 1 2 cos t + 1 = 2 (1 cos t),
sin t
r (t) = sin t i + cos t j. Thus aT =  and
2 (1 cos t)



 cos t cos2 t sin2 t k [(cos t) 1]2
aN =  =
2 (1 cos t) 2 1 cos t

    1 (1 cos t)2 1 cos t
2
2. r (t) = t, t , t
3
v (t) = r (t) = 1, 2t, 3t2 , = =
2 1 cos t 2
a (t) = v (t) =
0, 2, 6t,

 
11. r (t) = i + 4 cos t j 4 sin t k, |r (t)| = 1 + 4 = 5,
|v (t)| = 12 + (2t)2 + (3t2 )2 = 1 + 4t2 + 9t4
r (t) = 4 sin t j 4 cos t k.
3 2   
3
3. r (t) = t , t + 1, t 1 v (t) = 3t2 , 2t, 3t2 , aT = 16 cos t sin t + 16 cos t sin t = 0 and
a (t) =
6t, 2, 6t, aN = 117 |16 i + 4 cos t j 4 sin t k|

|v (t)| = 9t4 + 4t2 + 9t4 = 18t4 + 4t2 = 117 256 + 16 = 4

= |t| 18t2 + 4  2 
12. r (t) = 3t i + 2t j + k, |r (t)| = 9t4 + 4t2 + 1,
 

4. r (t) = t, t, t t v (t) = 12 t1/2 , 1, 32 t1/2 , 18t3 + 4t
r (t) = 6t i + 2 j. Thus aT = and

 9t4 + 4t2 + 1
a (t) = 14 t3/2 , 0, 34 t1/2 ,  2

2 i + 6t j + 6t 12t2 k
 aN =
 9t4 + 4t2 + 1
1 1 + 4t + 9t2
|v (t)| = 14 t1 + 1 + 94 t =
2 t 4 + 36t2 + 36t4 2 9t4 + 9t2 + 1
   2  = =
5. r (t) = 1/t, 1, t
2
v (t) = t , 0, 2t , 9t4 + 4t2 + 1 9t4 + 4t2 + 1
  1
a (t) = 2t3 , 0, 2 , |v (t)| = t4 + 4t2 = 2 4t6 + 1
t
 t t
  
6. r (t) = e , 2t, e v (t) = et , 2, et ,
 t 
a (t) = e , 0, et , |v (t)| = e2t + 4 + e2t
7. r (t) =
cosh t, sinh t, t
v (t) =
sinh t, cosh t, 1, a (t) =
cosh t, sinh t, 0,

|v (t)| = sinh2 t + cosh2 t + 1 = cosh 2t + 1
Recall that cosh2 t sinh2 t = 1.
8. Here the initial speed v0 = 120 m/s; let be the angle of
elevation. Assuming the object is lying flat on the ground, the
240 sin
object will be hit at time t = s (again refer to
g
(120)2 sin 2
Example 5). Then = 500 or
g
500g 5g 5g
sin 2 = = and 2 = sin1 19.9 , so
(120)2 144 144
9.9 .