Alex Palmieri MATH337 1 SP11

WeBWorK assignment number WW1 VectorFields is due : 01/15/2011 at 06:00pm EST.

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• B
1. (1 pt) • C
• D
Match each vector field with its graph. • A

2. (1 pt)
? 1. ~F(x, y) = hx, −yi
Match each vector field with its graph.
? 2. ~F(x, y) = h−y, xi
? 3. ~F(x, y) = hx, yi
? 4. ~F(x, y) = hy, xi ? 1. ~F(x, y) = −~j
? 2. ~F(x, y) = x~i
? 3. ~F(x, y) = −x~j
? 4. ~F(x, y) = y~j
? 5. ~F(x, y) = −~i
? 6. ~F(x, y) = −y~i

A B

A B C

C D D E F

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Correct Answers: Correct Answers:
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 • F
• E
• B
• A
• D
• C

3. (1 pt) Match each vector field with its graph.

~ y) = x~i − y~j A B
? 1. H(x,
? 2. ~F(x, y) = x~i + y~j
~ y) = −y~i + x~j
? 3. G(x,

C D

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Correct Answers:
• C
• C • B
• A • A
• B • D

4. (1 pt)

Each vector field shown shown represents the force 5. (1 pt)

on a particle at different points in the plane as a result
of another particle at the origin. Match each vector field
with its description.
Match each vector field with its graph.

? 1. A repulsive force whose magnitude decreases as dis-

tance increases.
 
−x −y
? 2. A repulsive force whose magnitude increases as dis- ? 1. ~F = 2 2
, 2 2
tance increases. x +y x +y 
x y
? 3. An attractive force whose magnitude decreases as dis- ? 2. ~F = ,
x2 + y2 x2 + y2
tance increases.
? 3. ~F = h−x, −yi
? 4. An attractive force whose magnitude increases as dis-
tance increases. ? 4. ~F = hx, yi
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• BE

8. (1 pt) Sketch the vector field ~F(x, y) = 3~i + 5~j in the plane.
A B Select all that apply.

• A. All the vectors point in the same direction.

• B. The vectors decrease in length as you move away
from the origin.
• C. The vectors increase in length as you move away
from the origin.
• D. The length of each vector is 34.
• E. All the vectors point away from
√ the origin.
• F. The length of each vector is 34.
• G. All the vectors point toward the origin.
C D

Correct Answers:
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Correct Answers:
• AF
• A
• D
• C
• B

6. (1 pt) Sketch the vector field ~F(~r) = 2~r in the plane, where
~r = hx, yi. Select all that apply.
• A. The vectors decrease in length as you move away 9. (1 pt)
from the origin.
• B. The length of each vector is 2. Match the plots labeled A - D with the vector fields F below.
• C. All the vectors point in the same direction.
• D. All the vectors point toward the origin.
• E. The vectors increase in length as you move away
from the origin.
• F. All the vectors point away from the origin.
Correct Answers:
• EF
~r
7. (1 pt) Sketch the vector field ~F(x, y) = − in the
||~r ||3
plane, where~r = hx, yi. Select all that apply.
• A. The length of each vector is 1.
• B. The vectors decrease in length as you move away
from the origin.
• C. The vectors increase in length as you move away
from the origin.
• D. All the vectors point away from the origin.
• E. All the vectors point toward the origin. A.
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 1. F = hy, xi
2. F = h1, sin yi
3. F = hy, 1/xi
4. F = hx − 2, x + 1i
Correct Answers:
• A
• D
• B
• C

10. (1 pt) Consider the vector field ~v = 4x~i + 4y~j. On a sheet

of paper, sketch the vector field and the flow.
(a) After sketching the vector field and flow, find the system
of differential equations associated with the vector field:
x0 =
B. y0 =

(b) Solve the system you found above to find the flow
x(t) =
y(t) =
(Your solution for x should involve a constant a, and for y a
constant b.)
SOLUTION
(a) As
dx dy
~v(t) = ~i + ~j,
dt dt
the system of differential equations is
x0 = 4x
and
y0 = 4y
(b) Note that x0 and y0 are proportional to x and y, respec-
C. tively. Thus they are both exponentials, and we have
x(t) = ae4t , y(t) = be4t ,
for some constant a.
If we eliminate t from the expressions for x(t) and y(t), we
have the non-parametric representation of the flow. This is
shown in the figure below (vectors are shown with a dot at their
tail).

Correct Answers:
• 4*x
• 4*y
• a*eˆ(4*t)
D. • b*eˆ(4*t)
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