Finish finding the derivatives of the unit vectors of the
spherical coordinate system using the class formulae. Then finish
1st Ed p160 q47, 2nd Ed p183 q47, as started in class, by finding
the acceleration. As noted in class,
Express the acceleration in terms of the spherical velocity
components and their first time derivatives,
instead of time derivatives of position coordinates. Like , etc. This is how you do it in fluid mechanics,
where time-derivatives of particle position coordinates are normally
not used. (So, get rid of all position coordinates with dots on
them in favor of the velocity components and position coordinates
without dots.) Hint: you may want to differentiate the expressions
for the velocity components with respect to time to get expressions
for the second order derivatives of the position coordinates.
Then get rid of the second order derivatives first.