Calculus 2 : Parametric, Polar, and Vector

Study concepts, example questions & explanations for Calculus 2

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Example Questions

Example Question #91 : Parametric

Given  and , what is  in terms of  (rectangular form)?

Possible Answers:

None of the above

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Given  and , let's solve both equations for :

Since both equations equal , let's set them equal to each other and solve for :

 

Example Question #604 : Calculus Ii

Given  and , what is  in terms of ?

Possible Answers:

None of the above

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Given  and , let's solve both equations for :

Since both equations equal , let's set them equal to each other and solve for :

Example Question #93 : Parametric

Given  and , what is  in terms of ?

Possible Answers:

None of the above

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Given  and , let's solve both equations for :

Since both equations equal , let's set them equal to each other and solve for :

Example Question #91 : Parametric, Polar, And Vector

Given the parametric equations

what is ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

It is known that we can derive  with the formula

So we just find :

In order to find these derivatives we will need to use the power rule which states,

.

Applying the power rule we get the following.

so we have 

.

Example Question #92 : Parametric, Polar, And Vector

Given the parametric equations

what is ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

It is known that we can derive  with the formula

So we just find :

To find the derivatives we will need to use trigonometric and exponential rules.

Trigonometric Rule for tangent: 

Rules of Exponentials: 

Thus, applying the above rules we get the following derivatives.

so we have 

.

Example Question #93 : Parametric, Polar, And Vector

Find the arc length of the curve:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Finding the length of the curve requires simply applying the formula:

Where:

 

Since we are also given  and , we can easily compute the derivatives of each:

Applying these into the above formula results in:

This is one of the answer choices.

Example Question #91 : Parametric, Polar, And Vector

Find the arc length of the curve (Round to three significant digits):

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Finding the length of the curve requires simply applying the formula:

Where:

 

Since we are also given  and , we can easily compute the derivatives of each:

Applying these into the above formula results in:

Looking at this integral, it seems pretty intimidating at first, but we can do some algebraic manipulation to make it look like a simple u-substitution problem. First we notice that there is a  term that is common within the two separate functions. If we factor it out then the integral becomes:

Now we can apply the rules of u-substitution:

Therefore:

Now we must deal with the new bounds of our integral:

Our new integral becomes:

Plugging this result into a calculator results in:

Because the problem statement requires us to round this to three significant figures, the final result is:

This is one of the answer choices.

Example Question #92 : Parametric Form

Find the arc length of the curve:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Finding the length of the curve requires simply applying the formula:

Where:

 

Since we are also given  and , we can easily compute the derivatives of each:

Applying these into the above formula results in:

We can factor out the common , and pull it outside of the square-root, and we will notice one of the most common trigonometric identities:

The term inside the square-root symbol can be simplified to .

This is one of the answer choices.

Example Question #93 : Parametric Form

Find the arc length of the curve:

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Finding the length of the curve requires simply applying the formula:

Where:

 

Since we are also given  and , we can easily compute the derivatives of each, using the Product Rule:

Applying these into the above formula results in:

Simplifying the above will require these two formulas:

It may also be useful to know this formula:

We can factor out the common  to make the above expression easier to look at:

We can take the  outside of the square-root by cancelling out the  representing the "square". Then we can apply formulas  &  to the trigonometric expressions:

We can now simplify the terms inside the square-root to get:

If we factor out the common "2" above, we are left with the trigonometric identity, which simplifies to , since:

Therefore the integral now becomes:

This is a simple integral which can be solved using u-substitution. But first, we can factor out the constant term , outside of the integral:

We will make our substitutions:

We also need to change the bounds of the new integral:

Our new integral becomes:

This is one of the answer choices.

Example Question #1 : Graphing Parametrics

Suppose we have a curve parameterized by the equations:

What is the tangent line to the curve at ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

At , the graph passes through 

Now to find the slope, we will need both derivatives with respect to t, which are:

So to obtain the slope, we just use:

 ,

and evaluate at .

As it turns out,  at , and , so the slope will be 0 for this curve at the point .

That means that , and so solving at ordered pair , the solution must be:

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