Chapter 11: Q.52 (page 872)
Use the given acceleration vectors and initial conditions in Exercises to find the position function .
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Chapter 11: Q.52 (page 872)
Use the given acceleration vectors and initial conditions in Exercises to find the position function .
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The DNA molecule takes the shape of a double helix鈥攖wo helices that stay a roughly uniform distance apart.
(a) Neglecting actual dimensions, we can model one strand of DNA using the vector function .
Sketch the graph of . What is the effect of the parameter ?
(b) The second strand of DNA can be constructed by shifting the first. Does the graph of ever intersect that of ?
(c) The distance between two curves is the minimum distance between any two points on the curves. What is the distance between and if ? (Hint: Write two points on the curves using parameters and , expand the formula for the distance between them, and then use a trigonometric identity for addition. Then let
and minimize.).

Evaluate the limits in Exercises 42鈥45.
Evaluate and simplify the indicated quantities in Exercises 35鈥41.
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