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Exam 1 Review Questions
Exam 1 Review Questions
REVIEW EXERCISES
1. Explain why or why not Determine whether the following state- 7–8. Parametric curves and tangent lines
ments are true and give an explanation or counterexample. a. Eliminate the parameter to obtain an equation in x and y.
a. A set of parametric equations for a given curve is always b. Find the slope of the curve at the given value of t.
unique. c. Make a sketch of the curve showing the positive orientation of the
b. The equations x = et, y = 2et, for - ∞ 6 t 6 ∞ , describe a curve and the tangent line at the point corresponding to the given
line passing through the origin with slope 2. value of t.
3p p
c. The polar coordinates a3, - b and a - 3, b describe the 7. x = 8 cos t + 1, y = 8 sin t + 2, for 0 … t … 2p; t = p>3
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same point in the plane. 8. x = 4 sin 2t, y = 3 cos 2t, for 0 … t … p; t = p>6
T 9. Find parametric equations for the curve x = 51y - 121y - 22 sin y
and then plot the curve using a graphing utility.
d. The area of the region between the inner and outer loops of the
1 2p 10–12. Parametric curves
limaçon r = ƒ1u2 = 1 - 4 cos u is ∫
2 0
ƒ1u2 2 du.
a. Eliminate the parameter to obtain an equation in x and y.
y2 x2 b. Describe the curve, indicating the positive orientation.
e. The hyperbola - = 1 has no x-intercept. c. Find the slope of the curve at the specified point.
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f. The equation x 2 + 4y 2 - 2x = 3 describes an ellipse. 10. x = t 2 + 4, y = -t, for - 2 6 t 6 0; 15, 12
11. x = 3 cos 1-t2, y = 3 sin 1-t2 - 1, for 0 … t … p; 10, - 42
12. x = ln t, y = 8 ln t 2, for 1 … t … e2; 11, 162
T 13. Tangent lines Find an equation of the line tangent to the cycloid
x = t - sin t, y = 1 - cos t at the points corresponding to
t = p>6 and t = 2p>3.
2. Eliminate the parameter in the parametric equations
x = 1 + sin t, y = 3 + 2 sin t, for 0 … t … p>2, and describe
the curve, indicating its positive orientation. How does this
curve differ from the curve x = 1 + sin t, y = 3 + 2 sin t, for
p>2 … t … p?
3–6. Eliminating the parameter Eliminate the parameter to find a
description of the following curves in terms of x and y. Give a geomet-
ric description and the positive orientation of the curve.
3. x = 4 cos t, y = 3 sin t; 0 … t … 2p
4. x = sin t - 3, y = cos t + 6; 0 … t … p
5. x = t + 1, y = 1t + 1; 3 … t … 8
p p
6. x = - cot2 t, y = 1 + csc2 t; … t …
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Review Exercises