Calculus 2 : Parametric, Polar, and Vector

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Example Questions

Example Question #174 : Polar

Convert  into cartesian coordinates.

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Explanation:

To make converting this expression easier, we will multiply both sides of the equation by , giving us

Substituting the conversion formulas  and  into the polar equation, we get

Example Question #25 : Polar Calculations

Convert  into cartesian coordinates.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To make converting this expression easier, we will multiply both sides of the equation by , giving us

Substituting the conversion formulas  and  into the polar equation, we get

Example Question #341 : Parametric, Polar, And Vector

Convert  into polar coordinates.

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Example Question #27 : Polar Calculations

Convert the following rectangular coordinates as polar coordinates:

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Explanation:

This is done by setting up a right triangle.  The length of the leg along the x axis is 1 and the length of the leg along the y axis is .  

Thus the length of the hypotenuse can be found using Pythagorean Theorem.

We can then find theta by solving

Example Question #28 : Polar Calculations

Find the area inside the circle , and outside the rose .

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Explanation:

Whenever we are finding the area between two curves, we need to sketch or graph the two curves to get an idea of what they look like. The graph is as follows.

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We need to find the area inside the circle (blue) and outside the rose (red).

Looking at the graph, we can see that the two graphs are symmetric to both x and y axes. So we can find the desired area in the first quadrant and then multiply by 4 to get the total area. To get area of the first quadrant, we simply use and for the bounds of integration.

Writing out the formula for the area between two polar curves, and multiplying by 4 for symmetry, we get

Lets simplify my multiplying the 4 and 1/2 outside the integral and then using the Pythagorean Trig Identity . Remember that in this case, for the sine AND the cosine.

As it is now, we cannot integrate. We first must use the double-angle identity, . Again, remember that in this problem, , so .

Using the double-angle identity, we get

The 2 and the 1/2 cancel leaving,

Now we can integrate both terms. Remember that we have to account for the 4 inside the cosine.

Now we plug in the bounds and simplify.

and both equal zero, so we can drop those terms leaving the final answer.

 

Example Question #29 : Polar Calculations

Find the area inside the circle, , and outside the limacon, .

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Explanation:

The first thing we should do is graph the two curves to see what they look like.

The red curve is the limacon, . The blue curve is the circle, 

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From the graph we can see the area inside the circle (blue) and outside the limacon (red) appears to fall between and . To be certain, we must set the two equations equal two each other.

Subtract from both sides to isolate

equals zero at .

Now we know the bounds for the following integration.

To find the area between two polar curves, we use the following formula.

, where  and  are the bounds, is the curve with the larger radius, and is the curve with the smaller radius.

Now we plug in the bounds and the radius curves to get,

Now we simplify the inside of the integral. Exponents are the first thing we deal with. Write the as and multiply it out. Then distribute the negative sign through the result and combine like terms.

Now we have two terms inside the integral. follows a basic integral form of cosine, but  doesn't. We need to use the double-angle identity, , to convert it to an integrable form.

Now we multiply to get the basic integral form we need.

 

At this point we can integrate all three terms. For the , remember to account for the inside the cosine. The result is as follows.

Now plug in the upper and lower bounds and simplify.

Since and both equal zero, we can drop those terms. Then we distribute the negative through the second group.

Now simplify.

The final answer is

 

Example Question #1 : Vector Form

Express  in vector form.

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Explanation:

The correct form of x,y, and z of a vector is represented in the order of i, j, and k, respectively. The coefficients of i,j, and k are used to write the vector form.

Example Question #1 : Vector Form

Express  in vector form.

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Explanation:

The x,y, and z of a vector is represented in the order of i, j, and k, respectively. Use the coefficients of i,j, and k to write the vector form.

Example Question #1 : Vector Form

Find the vector form of  to .

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Explanation:

When we are trying to find the vector form we need to remember the formula which states to take the difference between the ending and starting point.

Thus we would get:

Given  and  

In our case we have ending point at  and our starting point at .

Therefore we would set up the following and simplify.

 

 

Example Question #25 : Linear Algebra

Find the dot product of the 2 vectors.  

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Explanation:

The dot product will give a single value answer, and not a vector as a result.

To find the dot product, use the following formula:

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