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Ch 12 Individual Project: Christian Ruiz

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1. A baseball is hit from a height of 2.5 feet above the ground with an initial
velocity of 140 feet per second and at an angle of 22
o
above the horizontal.
Determine whether the ball will clear a 10-foot high fence located 375 feet from
home plate.
The distance that the ball will travel is given by the vector-valued function
()

() *

()

+ ,
where

is the initial velocity, is the angle above the ground (the horizontal), is
the balls time of travel,

is the initial height at which the ball is hit, and is the


force due to gravity (

).
Thus, substituting the given values, where

, = 22,

= 2.5 ft, and


=

:
() () [ ()

()

]
() () ()


To determine whether the ball will satisfy the given conditions (a 10-foot high
fence located 375 feet from home plate), the time at which the ball is 375 feet
from home plate (where it is hit) is first determined by setting the x-component
of the vector-valued function equal to 375 then solving for t:
() ()

This value of t is then substituted into the y-component of the vector-valued
function to determine the balls height at this time and hence whether it will clear
the 10-foot high fence:
() ()


() ()() ()




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Therefore, since the ball is approximately 20 feet in the air when it is 375 feet
from the home plate, it will clear the 10-foot high fence.
2. Find the unit tangent vector to the curve at the specified value of the
parameter.

r(t) = 6cos(t)i +2sin(t) j at t =

3

The unit tangent vector T(t) at a specified value of the parameter t is given by:
()
()
()
,
where () () () and

()
()

()

()

()

) (

)


()()

Therefore, the unit tangent vector at

is:
()
(

) (

) ()


3. (a)Write the formula you would use to find the curvature of
2
y .5x 8 .
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Since curvature is given by the formula
|()|
(

()

() .
These equations are substituted into the formula to find the curvature of the
original equation:

|

()|
(



||
()


(b)Find the curvature at the point x = -1
Substituting x = -1 into the formula:

()



()
()()


(c)At what value will we find the maximum curvature? Show work.
In order to find the maximum curvature, the first derivative of the equation is
found using the quotient rule:


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) (

()
[(


This equation is set to 0, and the value of x is determined:




Therefore, the maximum curvature occurs at x = 0 (where y = 8).
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