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Example Question #991 : Calculus Ii
Assuming that is the vector position of a moving vehicle. Can the velocity be zero?
Yes at
Yes at
Never
Yes at
Never
We first have to determine the expression of the velocity and see what happens as we move toward infinity.
Let us first compute the derivative. To do that, we do it componentwize.
We have,
Therefore the expression of the velocity .
Since we have , , for all t.
The velocity can never be zero.
Example Question #1 : Derivatives Of Vectors
Let
.
What are the values of for which is defined?
To have defined, we need to have all the components defined on the same interval, for
is defined for all t.
is defined if
This gives
Example Question #11 : Derivatives Of Vectors
We define the vector .
What is the derivative of ?
To obtain the derivative we need to compute the derivative of each component. Since we are looking for the derivative of order n we have to differentiate each component n times to obtain the required result.
We know that :
The nth derivatives of the constant is 0.
Thereore we obtain:
Example Question #12 : Derivatives Of Vectors
Let .
What is the third derivative of ?
To obtain the derivative, we simply differentiate 3 times each of the components.
Using the Chain Rule and the Power Rule we have :
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