a. Graph the curve r(t) = (t 3 , t 3 ). Show that r'(0) = 0

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a. Graph the curve r(t) = (t3, t3). Show that r'(0) = 0 and the curve does not have a cusp at t = 0. Explain.

b. Graph the curve r(t) = (t3, t2). Show that r'(0) = 0 and the curve has a cusp at t = 0. Explain.

c. The functions r(t) = (t, t2) and p(t) = (t2, t4) both satisfy y = x2. Explain how the curves they parameterize are different.

d. Consider the curve r(t) = (tm, tn), where m > 1 and n > 1 are  integers with no common factors. Is it true that the curve has a cusp at t = 0 if one (not both) of m and n is even? Explain.

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Calculus Early Transcendentals

ISBN: 978-0321947345

2nd edition

Authors: William L. Briggs, Lyle Cochran, Bernard Gillett

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