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u
dd
d
u
j j
2
12
=1
= 3 3
+
= 3.61 + 4.47
10.91
= 0.74, = 1
Σ
Eq. (4.2) for the four data points becomes
1
1
1
1
=
0
3
0
2
0
1
1
3
1
2
1
1
2
3
2
2
2
1
3
3
3
2
3
1
33
22
11
00
00
11
22
33
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0.33 0.33 0.33 1
0.74 0.74 0.74 1
1111
=
–1 2
24
66
84
32
32
33
22
11
00
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xy
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xy
which gives
=
–3.9 –17.15
5.15 16.74
7.83 2.4
–1 2
33
22
11
00
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The equation of the required curve is
r(u) = x(u)i + y(u)j = [–3.9u^3 + 5.15u^2 + 7.83u – 1]i+ [–17.15u^3 + 16.74u^2 + 2.4u + 2]j
the plots of which ae shown in Figure 4.1.
Figure 4.1 Parametric and Cartesian plots for Example 4.1
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7 6 5 4 3 2
y(u)
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x(u)
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1
u
y(u)
x(u)
10
8
6
4
2
0
–2
P 1 (u 1 = 0.33)
P 2 (u 2 = 0.74)
P 1 (u 4 = 1)
P 0 (u 0 = 0)