Line Integrals

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  1. Evaluate the line integral ∫Cyds , where C is the curve x=t2 , y=t , 0≤t≤2 .
    17⁢17−112
  2. Evaluate the line integral ∫Cx⁢y4ds , where C is the right half of the circle x2+y2=16 .
    1638.4
  3. Evaluate the line integral ∫Cx⁢y3ds , where C is the curve x=4⁢sin⁡t , y=4⁢cos⁡t , z=3⁢t , 0≤t≤π/2 .
    320
  4. Evaluate the line integral ∫Cx⁢ey⁢zds , where C is the line segment from 000 to 123 .
    14⁢e6−112
  5. Evaluate the line integral ∫Cx⁢ydx+x−ydy where C consists of line segments from 00 to 20 and from 20 to 32 .
    173
  6. Evaluate the line integral ∫Csin⁡xdx+cos⁡ydy where C consists of the top half of the unit circle from 10 to −10 and the line segment from −10 to −23 .
  7. Evaluate the line integral ∫Cx2dx+y2dy+z2dz , where C consists of line segments from 000 to 12−1 , and from 12−1 to 320 .
  8. Evaluate the line integral ∫CF•dr where F⁡xy=x2⁢y3⁢i−y⁢x⁢j and C is given by the vector function r⁡t=t2⁢i−t3⁢j , 0≤t≤1 .
    −59105
  9. Evaluate the line integral ∫CF•dr where F⁡xyz=zy−x and C is given by the vector function r⁡t=tsin⁡tcos⁡t , 0≤t≤π .
  10. A thin wire is bent into the shape of a semicircle x2+y2=4 , x≥0 . If the linear density is a constant k , find the mass and the centroid of the wire.
    2⁢π⁢k and 4/π0
  11. Find the work done by the force field F⁡xyz=y+zx+zx+y on a particle that moves along the line segment from 100 to 342 .
    26
    1. An intelligent robot ( 160 kg) is carrying a canister with oil ( 25 kg) up a helical ramp that encircles a rocket with a radius 20 m. If the rocket is 90 m high and the robot makes exactly 3 complete revolutions, how much work is done by the robot against gravity while climbing to the top?
    2. If there is a hole in the canister and 9 kg of oil leaks out at a steady rate during the ascent, how much work is done?
  12. An object moves along the curve C shown in the figure from 12 to 98 . The lengths of the vectors in the force field F are measured in newtons by the scales on the axes. Estimate the work done by F on the object.

    discrete force field

    22 J