UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST
MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
ADVANCED CALCULUS (MAT 302)
VECTOR VALUED FUNCTIONS PRACTICE QUESTIONS.
1. Determine the domain of the following
a) 𝑟(𝑡) = 〈cos(𝑡) , ln(4 − 𝑡) , √𝑡 + 1〉
1
b) 𝑟(𝑡) = 〈𝑒 𝑡 , , (𝑡 + 1)−3 〉
𝑡
1
c) 𝑟(𝑡) = 〈√𝑡, , ln(𝑡)〉
𝑡−1
d) 𝑟(𝑡) = 〈√4 − 𝑡 2 , 𝑒 −3𝑡 , ln(𝑡 + 1) 〉
1
e) 𝑟(𝑡) = 〈√1 − 𝑡 2 , √𝑡, 〉
√5+𝑡
2. Sketch the graph of the following:
𝑡
a) 𝑟(𝑡) = 〈4𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡, 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡, 〉
2𝜋
b) 𝑟(𝑡) = 〈2𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡, 2𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡, 3〉
c) 𝑟(𝑡) = 〈4𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡, 4𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡, 𝑡〉
d) 𝑟(𝑡) = 〈9𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡, 𝑡, 2𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡〉
e) 𝑟(𝑡) = 〈3𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑡, 2𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑡〉
3. Find the unit tangent vector to the curve,𝑟(𝑡) = 3𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑖 + 3𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑗 + 4𝑡𝑘.
𝜋𝑡
4. Find the integral of 𝑟(𝑡) = 𝑡 3 𝑖 + √𝑡𝑗 − 𝑠𝑖𝑛 𝑘 with limits 0 and 2.
2
𝑑𝑟
5. Find 𝑟(𝑡) if = (1,2𝑡, 3𝑡 2 ); 𝑟(1) = (2,3,4)
𝑑𝑡
6. If 𝑟 = 𝑥 2 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑦𝑖 + 𝑧 2 𝑐𝑜𝑠𝑦𝑖 − 𝑥𝑦 2 𝑘, find dr.
𝜕2
7. If 𝜌(𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) = 𝑥𝑦𝑧 2 and 𝑟 = 3𝑥 2 𝑦𝑖 + 𝑦𝑧 2 𝑗 − 𝑥𝑧𝑘, find (𝜌𝑟) and
𝜕𝑦𝜕𝑧
evaluate it at (1,1,1)