## DESCRIPTION ## Parametric equations: parametric curve in space ## ENDDESCRIPTION ## KEYWORDS('parametric', 'curve in space') ## DBsubject('WeBWorK') ## DBchapter('WeBWorK Tutorial') ## DBsection('Fort Lewis Tutorial 2011') ## Date('01/30/2011') ## Author('Paul Pearson') ## Institution('Fort Lewis College') ## TitleText1('') ## EditionText1('') ## AuthorText1('') ## Section1('') ## Problem1('') ################################# # Initialization DOCUMENT(); loadMacros( "PGstandard.pl", "MathObjects.pl", "parserVectorUtils.pl", "AnswerFormatHelp.pl", ); TEXT(beginproblem()); ################################# # Setup Context("Vector2D"); #Context("Vector"); # for 3D vectors Context()->variables->are(t=>"Real"); Context()->variables->set(t=>{limits=>[0,5]}); Context()->flags->set( ijk=>0 ); $answer = Vector("<2t,(2t)^2>"); ##################################### # Main text Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_TEXT Find a vector parametric function \( \vec{r}(t) \) for a bug that moves along the parabola \( y = x^2 \) with velocity \( \vec{v}(t) = \langle 2, 8t \rangle \) for all \( t \). $BR $BR \( \vec{r}(t) = \) \{ ans_rule(20) \} \{ AnswerFormatHelp("vectors") \} END_TEXT Context()->normalStrings; ############################ # Answer evaluation $showPartialCorrectAnswers = 1; sub components { my $V = shift; $V = $V->perl; if ( $V =~ m/Value/ ) { $V =~ s/Value::Vector->new~~(//g; $V = substr($V, 0, -1); $V =~ s/Value::Real->new//g; $V =~ s/~~$//g; $V =~ s/ //g; return split(',',$V); } else { $V =~ s/~~* i~~)/~~),/g; $V =~ s/~~* j~~)/~~),/g; $V =~ s/~~* k~~)/~~),/g; $V =~ s/~~$//g; $V =~ s/ //g; $V = substr($V, 0, -1); return split(',',$V); } } sub mycheck { my ($correct, $student, $ansHash) = @_; my @r = components($student); my $xstu = Formula("$r[0]"); my $ystu = Formula("$r[1]"); if ( ($xstu->D('t')==Formula("2")) && ($ystu->D('t')==Formula("8t")) ) { return 1; } else { return 0; } } ANS( $answer->cmp( checker=>~~&mycheck ) ); ############################ # Solution Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_SOLUTION ${PAR}SOLUTION:${PAR} Solution explanation goes here. END_SOLUTION Context()->normalStrings; COMMENT('MathObject version.'); ENDDOCUMENT();