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Unit 4 Lesson 2 Homework
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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
traveled by the particle from to ?
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
its acceleration vector at .
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?
8. The position of a particle is given by .
a. In which direction is the particle moving as it passes through the point ?
b. Find an equation of the tangent line to the curve at the point when .
9. The position of a particle at any time is given by and .
a. Find the magnitude of the velocity vector at time .
b. *Find the total distance traveled by the particle from to .
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
seconds where and .
a. Find the velocity vector of the particle at time .
b. *Find the speed of the particle at time .
c. At time seconds, is the speed of the particle increasing or decreasing? Explain your answer.
d. Find the total distance the particle travels over the time interval seconds. Indicate units of
measure.
