Use Formula to find the curvature. y=x^3

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2021-11-11

Use Formula to find the curvature.
y=x3

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Abel Maynard

Abel Maynard

Beginner2021-11-12Added 19 answers

We're given the curve y=x3 and we're used to find its curvature at an arbitrary point.
Remember that the textbook's Formula states that the curvature of a curve is given by
k(x)=|f (x)|1+(f(x))232}
Let f(x)=y=x3 Solve for f(x) by differentiating with respect to x.
f(x)=d dx (x3)=3x2
Now solve for f (x) by differentiating f(x)=3x2 with respect to x
f (x)=d dx (3x2)=6x
Plug f(x)=3x2 and f (x)=6x into k(x) to solve for the curvature
k(x)=|6x||1+(3x2)2|32
=6x(1+9x4)32}

user_27qwe

user_27qwe

Skilled2023-06-19Added 375 answers

Result:
κ=6|x|(1+9x4)3/2
Solution:
Given:
κ=|y|(1+(y)2)3/2 where y represents the first derivative of y with respect to x, and y represents the second derivative of y with respect to x.
First, let's find the first derivative y:
y=dydx=3x2
Next, let's find the second derivative y:
y=d2ydx2=6x
Now, we can substitute these values into the curvature formula:
κ=|6x|(1+(3x2)2)3/2
Simplifying further:
κ=6|x|(1+9x4)3/2
So, the curvature of the curve defined by the equation y=x3 is given by κ=6|x|(1+9x4)3/2.
karton

karton

Expert2023-06-19Added 613 answers

To find the curvature of the curve defined by the equation y=x3, we need to calculate the second derivative of y with respect to x, which represents the rate of change of the slope of the curve. The curvature is then given by the formula:
κ=|d2ydx2|(1+(dydx)2)32
Let's begin by finding the first derivative of y with respect to x:
dydx=ddx(x3)=3x2
Now, we can find the second derivative by differentiating dydx with respect to x:
d2ydx2=ddx(3x2)=6x
Now that we have the second derivative, we can substitute it into the formula for curvature:
κ=|6x|(1+(3x2)2)32
Simplifying the denominator, we have:
κ=6x(1+9x4)32
So, the curvature of the curve defined by y=x3 is given by κ=6x(1+9x4)32.
To summarize, we first found the first derivative of y with respect to x, which gave us dydx=3x2. Then, we differentiated dydx with respect to x to obtain the second derivative, d2ydx2=6x. Finally, we substituted the second derivative into the curvature formula κ=|d2ydx2|(1+(dydx)2)32 to get the expression κ=6x(1+9x4)32 for the curvature of the curve y=x3.
star233

star233

Skilled2023-06-19Added 403 answers

Step 1:
Let's start by finding the first derivative of y with respect to x:
y=ddx(x3)
Using the power rule for differentiation, we get:
y=3x2
Step 2:
Now, we can find the second derivative of y with respect to x:
y=ddx(3x2)
Again, applying the power rule, we have:
y=6x
Therefore, the curvature of the curve defined by y=x3 is given by y=6x.

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