Finding Velocity and Acceleration Along a Plane Curve In Exercises 3-10, the position vector r describes the path of an object moving in the x y-plane.
(a) Find the velocity vector, speed, and acceleration vector of the object.
(b) Evaluate the velocity vector and acceleration vector of the object at the given point.
(c) Sketch a graph of the path and sketch the velocity and acceleration
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