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This document provides a math worksheet on parametric curves and polar coordinates. It contains problems involving: 1) Parameterizing circles and ellipses and graphing them, including marking start/end points and direction of travel. 2) Converting between Cartesian and polar coordinate representations of points. 3) Plotting and analyzing polar curves defined by equations in r and θ, including finding tangents and areas. 4) Marking points, drawing arrows to indicate direction, and setting up integrals to calculate areas for rose curves and limaçons.

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7 Parametriccurves

This document provides a math worksheet on parametric curves and polar coordinates. It contains problems involving: 1) Parameterizing circles and ellipses and graphing them, including marking start/end points and direction of travel. 2) Converting between Cartesian and polar coordinate representations of points. 3) Plotting and analyzing polar curves defined by equations in r and θ, including finding tangents and areas. 4) Marking points, drawing arrows to indicate direction, and setting up integrals to calculate areas for rose curves and limaçons.

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Math 1132 Worksheet 7

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Discussion Section

Parametric Curves
Part 1: Parametrizations.
1. In each part of this problem,
(i) eliminate the parameter to obtain an equation in terms of x and y,
(ii) graph the parametric curve over the indicated range of t-values, including arrows
on the curves to indicate the direction of increasing values of t and labeling the
points on the curve where t has its first value, its last value, and its middle value.
The middle t-value need not correspond to the middle position along the curve.

(a) x = t + 4, y = 3 t for 0 t 16.

(b) x = 3 cos t, y = 3 sin t for 0 t

.
2

2. Write down a parameterization of the following circles and then draw an arrow on the
graph indicating how the parametrization traces out the circle. Mark the starting point
as t = 0.
(a) A circle centered at the origin with radius 16, traversed counterclockwise starting
at (16, 0).

(b) A circle centered at (2, 3) with radius 2, traversed clockwise starting at (2, 5).

3. An ellipse centered at the origin has major radius 5 along the x-axis and minor radius 2
along the y-axis.
(i) Give a parameterization of the ellipse so that 0 t 10 traces out the ellipse once
counterclockwise starting at (5, 0), draw a graph with arrows marking the direction
of increasing t on the ellipse, and mark the point where t = 7.
(ii) Use calculus and the parametrization you found in (i) to compute the slope of the
tangent line to the ellipse at the point where t = 7, both exactly in terms of values
of trigonometric functions and as an approximation to two decimal places.

Part 2: Polar Coordinates.


4. In each part below, P is a point in polar coordinates. Do the following:
(i) Convert P to Cartesian coordinates (give exact values, not approximations).
(ii) Plot P in the xy-plane.
(iii) Give two additional representations of P in polar coordinates.
 
(a) P = 2,
4



3
(b) P = 3,
4

(c)

1,


3

5. (a) On separate axes plot the two polar equations r = 1 + 2 sin and r = 1 2 sin ,
drawing arrows on each curve to indicate the direction traced out as increases.

(b) Use calculus and polar coordinates to find the equation of the tangent line to r =
1 + 2 sin at the point (x, y) = (1, 0), which you graphed in the previous part.
(Hint: On this curve write x and y in terms of .)

6. Below is the 3-leaf rose r = 2 cos(3).


y

(a) Mark points on the graph where = 0 and = /3, and draw arrows on the rose
to indicate the direction in which it is traced out as increases.
(b) Determine the smallest positive angle at which the rose passes through the origin,
and use this to help you set up an integral for the area of the right leaf.

(c) Compute the integral in part b. (Hint: cos(2) = 2 cos2 1, so cos2 can be
written in terms of cos(2), which is easier to integrate.)

7. Below is the graph of the limacon r = 1 + 2 cos .


y

x
1

(a) Mark the points on the curve where is 0, /2, , 3/2, and 2 and use this to draw
arrows on the curve indicating the direction in which it is traced out as increases.
(b) Determine all between 0 and 2 where the curve passes through the origin.

(c) Set up, but do not evaluate, an integral for the area of the inner loop of the
limacon entirely in terms of . Be sure the bounds of integration are right.

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