University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 12 - Section 12.4 - Curvature and Normal Vectors of a Curve - Exercises - Page 666: 21

Answer

The radius of curvature will become: $\rho=\dfrac{1}{\kappa}=1$ . Center: $(\dfrac{\pi}{2}, 0)$. So, our solution is: $(x-\dfrac{\pi}{2} )^2 +y^2=1$

Work Step by Step

$\kappa =\dfrac{1}{|v|}|\dfrac{dT}{dt}|$ where $T=\dfrac{v}{|v|} $, a unit tangent vector. $v=\dfrac{dr}{dt}= i+ j \cos (t)$ and $|v|=\sqrt {(1)^2+(\cos t)^2}=\sqrt {1+\cos^2 t}$ So, $T=\dfrac{v}{|v|}=\dfrac{i+j \cos t }{\sqrt {1+\cos^2 t}}$ $\kappa =\dfrac{1}{|v|}|\dfrac{dT}{dt}|=(\dfrac{1}{\sqrt {1+\cos^2 t}} )( \dfrac{\sin t}{\cos^2 t +1})\\=\dfrac{\sin t \sqrt {\cos^2 t+1}}{(\cos^2 t+1)^2}$ Now, $\kappa (\dfrac{\pi}{2})=\dfrac{\sin (\dfrac{\pi}{2}) \sqrt {\cos^2 (\dfrac{\pi}{2})+1}}{[\cos^2 (\dfrac{\pi}{2})+1]^2}=1$ Thus, the radius of curvature will become: $\rho=\dfrac{1}{\kappa}=1$ . Center: $(\dfrac{\pi}{2}, 0)$. So, our solution is: $(x-\dfrac{\pi}{2} )^2 +y^2=1$
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