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Consider a particle travelling along the path given by c(t) = (−t, t, t^2). Here t denotes time. (a) Find the velocity and the speed of the particle.

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Consider a particle travelling along the path given by c(t) = (−t, t, t^2). Here t denotes time. (a) Find the velocity and the speed of the particle.

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(a) The velocity of the particle is the derivative of the position function with respect to time.

The position function is c(t) = (−t, t, t^2).

So, the velocity function v(t) is the derivative of c(t):

v(t) = c'(t) = (-1, 1, 2t)

This means that the velocity of the particle at time t is (-1, 1, 2t).

The speed of the particle is the magnitude of the velocity vector.

So, the speed function s(t) is the magnitude of v(t):

s(t) = |v(t)| = sqrt((-1)^2 + 1^2 + (2t)^2) = sqrt(1 + 1 + 4t^2) = sqrt(2 + 4t^2)

This means that the speed of the particle at time t is sqrt(2 + 4t^2).

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