Parametric Equations, Polar Coordinates, and Vector–Valued Functions (BC Only)
If a vector-valued function is given as , what is its first derivative at ?
at gives
at gives
No derivative exists for vector-valued functions.
at gives
For a particle moving along a curve with position vector , how does one determine at which times t its acceleration vector is orthogonal to its velocity vector?
Find times when their dot product equals zero.
Set the magnitudes of both vectors equal to each other.
Find times when their cross product equals zero.
Look for times when either vector has a magnitude of zero.
What is the result of finding the derivative of a constant vector-valued function?
A unit vector in the direction of the original function
The original vector's magnitude
The zero vector
A random vector unrelated to the original function
What is the second derivative with respect to of a particle's position described by the vector function ?
If you have two vector-valued functions represented as and where s is some function of t (), how do you express the derivative of their dot product with respect to time?
INCORRECT
INCORRECT
CORRECT.
INCORRECT
What does it mean when the derivative of a vector-valued function equals zero?
There's an error in calculation.
The function is undefined.
The magnitude of the function is increasing.
The function has reached a constant value.
Which statement describes the behavior of acceleration vector for a particle whose position function is when approaches infinity?
No definitive behavior can be described for infinity.

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If a vector-valued function is defined as , what is ?
How does one calculate the equation of a tangent at a point on the graph of a vector-valued function ?
The tangent vector
The sum of derivatives for each component
Addition of slopes for tangent
The tangent line equation for the magnitude of tangent
Which operation is used when finding the derivative of a vector-valued function?
Cross product
Component-wise differentiation
Scalar multiplication
Dot product