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Curves and line integrals

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1. Tangent vector to a plane curve

Verify that the curve

is regular and compute the tangent vector at the point .

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2. Regularity of a curve

Determine whether the curve

is regular or piecewise regular, and describe its trace.

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3. Tangent line to a parametrized ellipse

Write the Cartesian equation of the tangent line to the curve

at the point .

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4. Length of a parametric curve

Compute the length of the curve

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5. Length of a helix

Compute the length of the helix

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6. Length of a Cartesian curve

Compute the length of the graph of the function

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7. Arc length parametrization

Determine the arc length function of the curve

and write the arc length parametrization.

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8. Integral of the first kind on a segment

Compute the line integral

where is the segment from the origin to the point .

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9. Integral of the first kind on a helix

Compute the line integral

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10. Mass of a non-homogeneous wire

A wire lies along the segment

with linear density . Compute its mass.

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11. Center of mass of a homogeneous arc

Determine the center of mass of the homogeneous wire lying along the quarter circle

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12. Work along an arc of a parabola

Compute the work of the field along the curve

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13. Work along a closed curve

Compute the work of the field along the circle with center at the origin and radius , traversed counterclockwise.

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