Math 317 Assignment 4 This assignment is due in class on Wed. Feb. 15. 1. p. 1069 (section 17.

1), #36 Solution: a. Parabolas. b. The dierential equations are: dx dy = 1, =x dt dt Thus dy x = = x. dx 1 c. The solutions are the curves y = x2 /2 + C . If the particle starts at the origin, then its path is y = x2 /2. 2. The density of a conical helix parameterized by r(t) = (t cos t, t sin t, t), 0 t 2 , is f (x, y, z ) = 2z . Find the mass of the conical helix. Solution: r (t) = (cos t t sin t, sin t + t cos t, 1) ||r (t)|| = t2 + 2. So,
2 2

f ds =
C 0

f (r(t))||r (t)||dt =
0

2t t2 + 2dt

Substitute u = t2 + 2, du = 2tdt and we get

4 2 +2

f ds =
C 2

u1/2 du = (2/3)((4 2 + 2)3/2 23/2 ).

3. A thin wire has the shape of the rst quadrant part of the circle x2 + y 2 = a2 . If the density function of the wire is (x, y ) = 2xy , nd the mass and centre of mass of the wire. Solution: r(t) = (a cos t, a sin t), 0 t /2. r (t) = (a sin t, a cos t), ||r (t)|| = a. 1

The mass is:

/2 /2

f ds =
C 0

f (r(t))||r (t)||dt =
0

2a2 cos(t) sin(t)adt = 2a3

0

/2

cos(t) sin(t)dt

Substitute u = sin(t) and this becomes: 2a3

0 1

udu = a3 .

The x-coordinate of the center of mass is: x=(

C

xf ds)/a3 = (1/a3 )
0

/2

2a3 cos2 (t) sin(t)adt

Substitute u = cos(t), and we get:

0

x = (2a)
1

u2 du = (2/3)a.

By symmetry, y = (2/3)a and so the center of mass is (2/3)(a, a). 4. Find the moment of inertia about the z -axis (that is, the value of C (x2 + y 2 )(x, y )ds) for a wire of constant density (x, y ) = 3 lying along the curve r(t) = (et cos t, et sin t, t), 0 t 2 . Solution: r (t) = (et cos t et sin t, et sin t + et cos t, 1) ||r (t)|| = 1 + 2e2t . The moment of inertia is: (x2 + y 2 )(x, y )ds =
C 0 2

e2t (3) 1 + 2e2t dt

Substitute u = 1 + 2e2t and so du = 4e2t dt, we get:

1+2e4

(3/4)
3

e u1/2 du = (1/2)u3/2 ]1+2 3

= (1/2)((1 + 2e4 )3/2 33/2 ).

5. p. 1080 (section 17.2) #29a Solution: F = (ex1 , xy ), r(t) = (t2 , t3 ), 0 t 1. 2

F ds =
0

(et

2 1

, t5 ) (2t, 3t2 )dt =

0

et

2 1

(2t) + 3t7 dt

In rst term substitute u = t2 1, and we get

0 1

eu du + 3
0

t7 dt = 1 e1 + (3/8) = 11/8 e1

6. Find C xdy + ydz + zdx along the oriented curve C of intersection between the planes x y + z = 0 and x + y + 2z = 0 from the origin to the point (3, 1, 2). Solution: Eliminating x from the equations of the two planes, we get 2y + z = 0. We then get z = 2y and then x = 3y . Using y = t as the parameter, we paratmetrize C as: r(t) = (3t, t, 2t) and so dx = 3dt, dy = dt, dz = 2dt. Thus,
1

xdy + ydz + zdx =

C 0

3tdt 2tdt 6tdt = 5/2

7. If F is a C 1 vector eld in R3 show that at all points where F = 0,

F x F ||F|| = . x ||F||

Here

F x

is calculated componentwise.

Solution:
F F F x F F + F 1/2 x x ||F|| = (F F) = (1/2) = . x x (F F)1/2 ||F||

8. Find the work done by a force F(x, y, z ) = (y, z, x) on a particle which traverses the rst loop of the helical path parametrized by r(t) = (a cos t, a sin t, ct).

Solution: Let C be the oriented curve given by r(t), 0 t 2 . Then the work done by this force is:
2

F ds =
C 2 0

(a sin t, ct, a cos t) (a sin t, a cos t, c)dt

2 2

=
0

a2 sin2 t +
0

act cos(t)
0

ac cos(t)dt,

For the rst integral, use the trig identity sin2 t = (1/2)(1 cos 2t), for the second integral use integration by parts and note that the third integral vanishes. We get as a nal answer a2 9. p. 1081 (section 17.2) # 42 F((x, y, z ))) = K (x, y, z )/||(x, y, z )||3 r(t) = (1 t)(2, 0, 0) + t(2, 1, 5) = (2, t, 5t) 0 t 1. So, r (t) = (0, 1, 5). The work done is
1

Fds =
C 0

(K (2, t, 5t)/(4+26t2 )3/2 )(0, 1, 5) = K

0

(26t)/(4+26t2 )3/2 dt =

Set u = 4 + 26t2 and so du = 52t dt and so we get:

30

(K/2)
4

u3/2 du = K ((1/2) (1/ 30))

10. p. 1081 (section 17.2) # 46 Solution: r(t) = (10 cos(t), 10 sin(t)), r (t) = (10 sin(t), 10 cos(t)), ||r(t)|| = 10
2

hds =
C 0

(4+.01((10 cos(t))2 (10 sin(t))2 ))10dt =

0 2

40+10(cos2 (t)sin2 (t)) dt

=
0

40 + 10 cos(2t) dt = 80

(using the trig identity cos2 (t) sin2 (t) = cos(2t). Thus, 160 m2 of fence needs to be painted. This is approximately 503 m2 an thus we need 5.03 liters of paint. 4