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Find the unit tangent vector T (t) at the point with the given value of the parameter t.

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Find the unit tangent vector T (t) at the point with the given value of the parameter t.

asked Feb 17, 2015 in CALCULUS by anonymous

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Step 1 :

The equation is image and image.

Apply derivative on each side with respect to t.

image

Substitute image in above equation.

image

Step 2 :

Find the magnitude image :

image

The tangent vector at image is image

Substitute image and image in above equation.

image

The tangent vector is image

Solution :

The tangent vector is image

answered Feb 21, 2015 by Thomas Apprentice

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