Finding a parametric form and calculating line integrals.

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Homework Statement


Let C be the straight line from the point r =^i to the point r = 2j - k
Find a parametric form for C. And calculate the line integrals ∫cV*dr and ∫c*v x dr where v = xi-yk. and is a vector field

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For parametric form (1-t)i + (2*t)j - t k
For second part i need help
 
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Hello Yogi, welcome (belated) to PF :smile: !

So you have ##\vec v = x \hat \imath - y \hat k## and need ##\vec {dr}##, right ?

The path is from (1,0,0) to (0,2,1) , starts at t = 0 and ends at t = 1 in the parametric form. What would be ##\vec {dr}## ?

When I think over what to do for this one, I make a little drawing and check
 
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Thank you solved, it. <3
 
There are two things I don't understand about this problem. First, when finding the nth root of a number, there should in theory be n solutions. However, the formula produces n+1 roots. Here is how. The first root is simply ##\left(r\right)^{\left(\frac{1}{n}\right)}##. Then you multiply this first root by n additional expressions given by the formula, as you go through k=0,1,...n-1. So you end up with n+1 roots, which cannot be correct. Let me illustrate what I mean. For this...

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