1.
The position vector of a projectile at time t is given by
; (recall that is the
third vector in the standard orthonormal basis
associated with the rectangular coordinates). Then the velocity of
the projectile is (c) .
Reason:
.
Its acceleration at time t is (d) .
Reason:
2.
For each real number , we denote by
and the (planar) unit vectors given by
.
A circular motion can be described by an equation of
the form , where R is the radius
of the circle.
Then the speed of the motion at time t is \
(a) .
Reason: .
So the speed is
The acceleration of at time t is
(e) .
Reason: We have
3. A point in spherical coordinates is
. Then its
rectangular coordinates is (b)
.
Reason: We have
,
, and
The cylindrical coordinates of this point is
(a) .
Reason:
,
and .
4. The equation in spherical coordinates
describes a sphere. The center of this sphere is (d) (2,-2,1).
The radius is (c) 3.
Reason: Multiplying on both
sides:
.
Using the substitutions ,
,
and , we have .
Rewrite the above equation as , which gives
5.
Using the spherical coordinates, a curve C lying on a sphere
of radius R centered at the origin can be decribed as
where and are given functions of t for t between
a and b. Then the arc length of C is given by
(c) .
Reason: We know that the general formula for arc lengths in
rectangular coordinates is given by .
Now