Arc Lengths & Vectors (Lesson+2+Homework)
Arc Lengths & Vectors (Lesson+2+Homework)
1. Which of the following gives the length of the path described by the parametric equations and
from to ?
2. Which of the following gives the length of the path described by the parametric equations and
on the interval ?
3. *The position of a particle at any time is given by and . What is the total distance
4. If a particle moves in the xy-plane so that at any time , its position vector is , find its
velocity vector at time .
5. A particle moves in the xy-plane so that for its coordinates are given by and . Find
6. An object moving along a curve in the xy-plane has velocity vector . What is the
acceleration vector of the object at time ?
7. The position of a particle moving in the xy-plane is given by the parametric equations
and . For what value(s) of t is the particle at rest?
c. Find as a function of .
10. The position of a particle at any time is given by and .
a. Find the speed of the particle when .
b. *Is the particle speeding up or slowing down when ? Justify your answer.
c. *Find the distance traveled by the particle from to .
d. At what point on the curve is the tangent line vertical?
11. The velocity vector of a particle moving in the xy-plane has components given by and
a. *At time , the position of the particle is . What is the position vector at time ?
b. *Find the slope of the tangent line to the curve at .
12. If and , for , find .
13. At time , a particle moving in the xy-plane has velocity vector given by . If the particle is at
point at time , how far is the particle from the origin at time ?
14. A particle moving in the xy-plane has position measured in cm for time measured in