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Example Question #171 : Derivatives
Given the parametric curve
,
Evaluate when .
To find , we can use the formula .
.
And .
Hence .
Plugging in , we get
Example Question #71 : Computation Of Derivatives
Find of the following function:
,
To find the derivative of the parametric function, we must use the following:
So, we must take the derivative of each component with respect to t:
The derivative was found using the following rules:
, ,
This derivative was found using the following rule:
Dividing the two and factoring, we get
Example Question #71 : Computation Of Derivatives
Find , where
To find the derivative of x with respect to t, we must differentiate both sides of the parametric equation with respect to t:
The derivatives were found using the following rules:
,
Note that the chain rule was used when taking the derivative of .
Solving, we get
Example Question #441 : Ap Calculus Bc
A particle moves around the xy plane such that its position as a function of time is given by the parametric function:
.
What is the slope, , of the particle's trajectory when ?
Evaluate the slope as
.
We have
and
so
Evaluating this when gives
.
Remark: This curve is one example from family of curves called Lissajous figures, which can be observed on oscilloscopes.
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