Assignment 5

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course Mth 277

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Question: Find an explicit relationship between x and y by eliminating the parameter in the following equations: x = e^-t, y = e^t. Sketch the corresponding curve for -inf <= t <= inf. (inf stands for infinity).

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Your solution:

if x = e^-t = 1/(e^t)

and y = e^t:

Substitute y into the equation for x:

x = 1/y

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Given Solution:

We could solve the first equation for t, taking natural log of both sides to get -t = ln(x). Substituting this into the second equation we would get y = e^t = e^(- ln(x) ) = 1 / e^(ln(x) ) = 1 / x.

Or we could obseved that since e^-t is 1/ e^t, we have x = 1 / e^t and y = e^t, implying that x = 1 / y, which is equivalent to y = 1 / x.

You should be able to easily sketch this curve. If necessary substitute +- 1/2, +- 1 and +- 2 for x and think about where the horizontal and vertical asymptotes should be (think also about where the function is undefined).

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Question: Find the parametric and symmetric equations for the line passing through the point (-1,-1,0) and parallel to the line (x-3)/4 = (y-1)/3 = (z+3)/2

The given equations describe a line through (3, 1, -3) parallel to the vector 4 `i + 3 `j + 2 `k.

Our line will not be through (3, 1, -3), but will be parallel to the same vector 4 `i + 3 `j + 2 `k.

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Your solution:

x0 = -1, y0 = -1, z0 = 0

v1 = 4, v2 = 3, v3 = 2

Therefore the parametric equations are:

x = -1 + 4t, y = -1 + 3t, z = 2t

Which yields the symmetric equations:

t = (x+1)/4 = (y+1)/3 = z/2

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Given Solution:

Our line is through (-1, -1, 0) so its symmetric equations are

(x + 1) / 4 = (y + 1) / 3 = z / 2 .

Let t be the parameter, and set t equal to each of these expressions, so that

(x + 1) / 4 = (y + 1) / 3 = z / 2 = t.

The parametric equations are thus

x = 4 t - 1

y = 3 t - 1

z = 2 t.

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Question: Find the intersection of the line represented by the parametric equations x = 3t + 4, y = 1 - 3t, z = 2t - 7 with each of the coordinate planes (if the line doesn't intersect one or more coordinate plane, specify which one).

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Your solution:

The xy plane results when z = 0:

0 = 2t - 7

2t = 7

t = 7/2

Solve for the other equations:

x = 21/2 + 4 = 29/2

y = 1 - 21/2 = -9.5

The line intersects with the xy plane at (14.5,-9.5,0).

The xz plane results when y = 0:

0 = 1 - 3t

-1 = -3t

t = 1/3

Solve for the other equations:

x = 1 + 4 = 5

z = 2/3 - 7 = -19/3

The line intersects with the xz plane at (5,0,-19/3).

The yz plane results when x = 0:

0 = 3t + 4

3t = -4

t = -4/3

Solve for the other equations:

y = 1 - (-4) = 5

z = -8/3 - 7 = -29/3

The line intersects with the yz plane at (0,5,-29/3).

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Given Solution:

The xy plane is the z = 0 plane, so our parametric equation for z yields

2 t - 7 = 0, with solution t = 7/2.

For this value of t we get

x = 3 * 7/2 + 4 = 29/2 = 14.5

y = 1 - 3 * 7/2 = -19/2 = -19.5.

So the intersection with the xy plane is (14.5, -19.5, 0).

The xz plane is the y = 0 plane, giving use 1 - 3 t = 0 so that t = 1/3. Our resulting point is (5, 0, -19/3), approximately (5, 0, -6.33).

The intersection with the y z plane is found similarly.

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Question: Show whether the line represented by the parametric equations x = 2-t, y = 3t , z = 3 - 2t and the line represented by x = 5-t, y = -1-3t, z = -3 +4t intersect, are parallel, or if they are skew. If they intersect, give the point of intersection.

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Your solution:

If the two lines intersect, it means that there must be some value of t and u that causes both x's, both y's, and both z's to be equal.

Set both equations equal to each other for all three variables:

2 - t = 5 - u

3t = -1-3u

3 - 2t = -3 + 4u

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5 = 1

This indicates that there are no values for t and u that would cause the x, y and z coordinates to be equal.

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Given Solution:

We don't want to use the same parameter for both lines, so let's express the second line as x = 5 - s, y = -1 - 3 s, z = -3 + 4 s.

The lines then intersect provided there are values of s and t such that all three coordinates are the same for both lines. That condition is

2 - t = 5 - s

3 t = -1 - 3 s

3 - 2 t = -3 + 4 t

Eliminating t between the first two equations we get

6 = 14 - 6 s

so that s = 4/3 and t = - 5 / 3.

So if there is an intersection, it must be for these values of s and t.

Plugging these values into the third equation does not lead to an identity, so no simultaneous solution for s and t exists and the lines do not intersect.

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Self-critique (if necessary):

I'm not sure where you got the 6 = 14 - 6s equation :

But it came to the same result, that the lines do not intersect.

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Question: Determine whether the vector v = -(7/3)i - (4/3)j - k is orthogonal to the line passing through the points P(-2,2,7) and Q(1/2,-1/2,9/2).

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Your solution:

The two vectors are orthogonal if their dot product is equal to 0.

The vector from P to Q is equal to :

<(1/2-(-2)), (-1/2-2), (9/2-7)>

< 2.5, -2.5, -2.5 >

< 2.5, -2.5, -2.5 > dot < -7/3, -4/3, -1 >:

-35/6 + 10/3 + 2.5 = 0

Therefore, the vector and the line are orthogonal.

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Given Solution:

The vector PQ is 5/2 i -5/2 j - 5/2 k.

The two vectors are orthogonal if and only if their dot product is zero.

(-(7/3)i - (4/3)j - k ) dot (5/2 i -5/2 j - 5/2 k ) = -35/6 + 20/6 + 5/2 = -15/6 + 5/2 = -5/2 + 5/2 = 0

so the vectors are orthogonal.

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