MKT 201 Engineering Mathematics

Fall 2017-2018
Assignment #2 Solutions
Due: October 30, 2017 Monday.

PROBLEMS

1) Compute  F  r   dr
C
, where

a) F   xy, yz, 3xyz  ; C : r  t   3t , 4t  2, t 2  from (0,2,0) to (3,6,1)

b) F   x 2 ,  2 xy, yz  ; C : r  t   2t , t 2 , 3t  1 from (2,1,2) to (4,4,5)

Solution 1:
tB

 F  r   dr   F  r t    r  t  dt
C tA

a) For the curve C : r  t   3t , 4t  2, t 2  , x  t   3t; y  t   4t  2; z  t   t 2

F  r  t     x  t  y  t  , y  t  z t  , 3x t  y t  z t   3t  2  4t  , t 2  2  4t  ,9t 3  2  4t 

By differentiation, r   t   3, 4, 2t 

F  r  t    r   t   9t  2  4t   4t 2  2  4t   18t 4  2  4t   18t  44t 2  16t 3  36t 4  72t 5

For point (0,2,0) , t A  0 .So that r  t A    0,1,0

For point (3,6,1) , t B  1 .So that r  tB   3,6,1

tB 1

 F  r  t    r   t  dt   18t  44t  16t  36t  72t dt

2 3 4 5

tA 0
1
  9t 2 22t 3 18t 5 
 2    2t 4   6t 6  
  2 3 5 0
703
  46.87
15

b) For the curve C : r  t    2t , t 2 , 3t  1 , x  t   2t; y  t   t 2 ; z  t   3t  1

F  r  t     x  t  ,  2 x  t  y  t  , y  t  z  t   4t 2 , 4t 3 , t 2  1  3t 

2
 

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By differentiation, r   t    2, 2t ,3

F  r  t    r   t   8t 2  8t 4  3t 2  1  3t   5t 2  9t 3  8t 4

For point (2,1,2) , t A  1 .So that r  t A    2,1, 2

For point (4,4,5) , t B  2 .So that r  tB    4, 4,5

tB 2

 F  r  t    r   t  dt    5t  9t  8t dt
2 3 4

tA 1
2
 5t 3 9t 4 8t 5 
  
 3 4 5 1
251
  4.183
60

2) A unit particle is moved in a counterclockwise manner round a circle with centre  0, 0, 4  and

radius 2 in the plane z  4 in a force field defined as F   xy  z, 2 x  y, x  y  z  . Determine the

work done. Using Mathematica plot the circle and the force field along the circle.

Solution 2:

The parametric representation of the circle with parameter t is

r  t    2cos t , 2sin t , 4 where x  t   2cos t , y  t   2sin t , z  4 and 0  t  2 .

Derivative of the vector r  t  :

r   t    2sin t , 2cos t ,0

F  r  t     x  t  y  t   z , 2 x  t   y  t  , x  t   y  t   z 
  4  4cos t sin t , 4cos t  2sin t , 4  2cos t  2sin t 

F  r  t    r   t   2cos t  4cos t  2sin t   2sin t  4  4cos t sin t 

 8cos 2 t  8sin t  4cos t sin t  8cos t sin 2 t
tB 2

 F  r  t    r   t  dt   8cos t  8sin t  4 cos t sin t  8cos t sin 2 t dt

2

tA 0
2
 2 
  4t  8cos t  2 cos 2 t  2sin t  2sin 2t  sin 3t 
 3 0
  8  8  2   (8  2)  8

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Using Mathematica, plotting the circle and the force field along the circle:

3) Show that the form under integral sign is exact and evaluate integral.

 0,1,1
a)  sin y cos xdx  cos y sin xdy  dz
1,0,0

1,2,3
z2
b)  3x 2 dx 
y
dy  2 z ln ydz
1,1,1

Solution 3:

If the differential form under the integral sign of

I   F1dx  F2 dy  F3dz
C

is exact, we can write the following expressions:

F3 F2 F1 F3 F2 F1

 ;  ; 
y z z x x y

(or curl F   F  0 or grad f  f  F ) Here F   F1 , F2 , F3  .

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If the differential form is exact, the line integral does not depend on the path. We can calculate the line
integral as follows:

f f f
B
I   F1dx  F2 dy  F3dz   dx  dy  dz   df  f  B   f  A
C C
x y z A

 0,1,1
a) I   sin y cos xdx  cos y sin xdy  dz
1,0,0

F1  sin y cos x; F2  cos y sin x; F3  1

Check the exactness:

F3 F
0 2
y z
F1 F
0 3
z x
F2 F
 cos  x  cos  y   1
x y

Then find f :

f   F1dx    sin y cos x  dx  sin y sin x  g  y, z 

f y  cos y sin x  g y  F2  cos y sin x, g y  0, g  h  z 

f z  h  z   F3  1, h  z   1, h  z   z  c (Here c is constant, we can take c  0 )

f  x, y, z   sin y sin x  z

Calculate the line integral as:

 0,1,1
I  sin y cos xdx  cos y sin xdy  dz  f  0,1,1  f (1, 0, 0)
1,0,0 
  sin1sin 0  1   sin 0sin1  0   1

1,2,3
z2
b) I   3x 2 dx 
y
dy  2 z ln ydz
1,1,1

z2
F1  3x 2 ; F2  ; F3  2 z ln y
y

Check the exactness:

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 F3 2 z F2
 
y y z
F1 F
0 3
z x
F2 F
0 1
x y

Then find f :

f   F3dz    2 z ln y  dz  z 2 ln y  g  x, y 

f x  g x  F1  3x 2 , g x  3x 2 , g  x, y   x3  h  y 

f  z 2 ln y  x3  h  y 

z2 z2
fy   h  y   F2  , h  y   0, h  y   c (Here c is constant, we can take c  0 )
y y

f  x, y, z   z 2 ln y  x3

Calculate the line integral as:

1,2,3
z2
I  3x 2 dx  dy  2 z ln ydz  f 1, 2,3  f (1,1,1)
1,1,1 y
  32 ln 2  13   12 ln1  13   9 ln 2  6.238

4) Using Green’s theorem, evaluate the line integral  F  r   dr

C
counterclockwise around the
boundary C of the region R: (Take the parameter a as the last digit of your student ID number. If
it is zero, take the parameter a as 10.)

a) F   y, 4 x  , R the square 0  x  a, 0  y  a

b) F   x sin y,  y sin x  , R the rectangle 0  x  a , 0  y  

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Solution 4:

Green’s theorem in the plane:

 F F1 
 F  r   dr    x   dxdy where F   F1 , F2 
2
C
R
y 

I take a  1

a) F   y, 4 x  , R the square 0  x  1, 0  y  1

F1  y; F2  4 x
F2 F1
  4 1  3
x y

 F2 F1  
1 1

R  x y 
   dxdy  30  0 dx  3
 dy

So  F  r   dr  3
C

b) F   x sin y,  y sin x  , R the rectangle 0  x  a , 0  y  

F1  x sin y; F2   y sin x
F2 F1
   y cos x  x cos y
x y

   
 F2 F1   
     y 2 cos x  x sin y  dx
1
R  x y 
 dxdy  0  0   y cos x  x cos y dy

dx 
0 
2 0
 
 1  1
     2 cos x  dx    2  cos xdx
0 
2 2 0
1
   2 sin x 0  0


So  F  r   dr  0
C