Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 14 - Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions - 14.2 Calculus of Vector-Valued Functions - Exercises - Page 722: 68

Answer

$\frac{d}{dt}$(r(r' x r'')) = r(r' x r''')

Work Step by Step

$\frac{d}{dt}$(r(r' x r'') Applying dot product rule = r'(r' x r'') + r(r' x r'')' r' is orthogonal to (r' x r'') by property of the cross product, thus: = 0 + r(r'' x r'' + r' x r''') Cross product of a vector to itself is 0, so r'' x r''=0 = r(r' x r''')
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