Determine the unit tangent vector

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Homework Statement
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Relevant Equations
vector differentiation
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I need a justification that ##|\dfrac {dr}{dt}|##=##\dfrac {ds}{dt}## cheers guys... all the other steps are easy and clear to me...
 
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chwala said:
Homework Statement:: see attached
Relevant Equations:: vector differentiation

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I need a justification that [Modulus ##\big | \dfrac {dr}{dt} \big |##=##\dfrac {ds}{dt}##] cheers guys... all the other steps are easy and clear to me...
We have ##ds \equiv |d\vec r|##.
 
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Aaaaah Perok cheers!
PeroK said:
We have ##ds \equiv |d\vec r|##.