Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 11 - Three-Dimensional Space; Vectors - 11.5 Parametric Equations Of Lines - Exercises Set 11.5 - Page 811: 17

Answer

\[ -4+3 t=y, 3+4 t=x \]

Work Step by Step

(a) The line in two space that passes through the point $P_{0}\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right)$ and is parallel to the non-zero vector $\mathbf{v}=\langle a, b\rangle=a \mathbf{i}+b \mathbf{j}$ has parametric equations: \[ \quad y_{0}+b t=y , x_{0}+a t=x \] The vector equations for these lines can be written as: \[ \left\langle x_{0}+a t, y_{0}+b t\right\rangle=\langle x, y\rangle \] or \[ t\langle a, b\rangle+\left\langle x_{0}, y_{0}\right\rangle=\langle x, y\rangle \] Notice that the circle $25=y^{2}+x^{2}$ is centered at $O(0,0) .$ Since the line is tangent to the circle at $P(3,-4)=P\left(x_{0}, y_{0}\right),$ it's perpendicular to the vector \[ \langle 3,-4\rangle=\overrightarrow{O P} \] Since $\vec{v}=\langle 4,3\rangle$ is perpendicular to $\overrightarrow{O P}$ \[ \vec{v} \cdot \overrightarrow{O P}=\langle 3,-4\rangle\langle 4,3\rangle=0 \] The parametric equation for the line can be written as: \[ \begin{array}{l} a t+x_{0}=x, b t+y_{0}=y \\ 4 t+3=x, 3 t-4=y \end{array} \]
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