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Exercises Line Integrals

1. Evaluate line integrals along given paths, including straight line segments, curves, ellipses, circles, and helices. 2. The integrals involve variables x, y, z and differentials dx, dy, dz along the paths, representing things like distance, velocity, or other physical quantities. 3. The answers to the 10 line integrals are provided.

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Exercises Line Integrals

1. Evaluate line integrals along given paths, including straight line segments, curves, ellipses, circles, and helices. 2. The integrals involve variables x, y, z and differentials dx, dy, dz along the paths, representing things like distance, velocity, or other physical quantities. 3. The answers to the 10 line integrals are provided.

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Functions and their properties 1

Exercises: Line Integrals

Evaluate the following line integrals:

1. 
y dx + x dy
C

where C is the straight line segment from (−1, 2) to (2, 3) .

Answer: 8.

2. 
xy dx + (y − x) dy
C

where C is the curve from (0, 0) to (1, 1) of


a) the line y = x,
b) the parabola y = x2 ,
c) the root function y 2 = x,
d) the cubic, y = x3 .

1 1 17 1
Answers: a) , b) , c) , d) − .
3 12 30 20
3. 
y ds
C

where C is the arc of the parabola y 2 = 2x cut off by the parabola x2 = 2y.

1 √ 
Answer: 5 5−1 .
3
4. 
y dx + x dy
C

where C is the quarter circle x = R cos t, y = R sin t from t = 0 to t = π/2.

Answer: 0.

5. 
xy ds
C

where C is the contour of the rectangle with vertices at (0, 0), (4, 0), (4, 2), (0, 2),
in the counterclockwise direction.

Answer: 24.
2 The ABC’s of Calculus

6. 
y dx − x dy
C
where C is the full ellipse x = a cos t, y = b sin t taken counterclockwise
from (0, 0).

Answer: −2πab.
7. 
1
ds
C x−y
1
where C is the line segment of y = x − 2 between the points (0, −2) and
2
(4, 0).

√
Answer: 5 log 2.
8. 
y 2 dx − x2 dy
C x2 + y 2
where C is the semi-circle x = R cos t, y = R sin t from t = 0 to t = π.
4R
Answer: − .
3
9. 
x dx + y dy + (x + y − 1) dz
C

where C is the straight line segment from (1, 1, 1) to (2, 3, 4).

Answer: 13.
10. 
yz dx + zx dy + xy dz
C
at
where C is the arc of a helix x = R cos t, y = R sin t, z = , from t = 0
2π
to t = 2π (where a is a constant).

Answer: 0.

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