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11.6: Chapter 11 Review Exercises

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    • Gilbert Strang & Edwin “Jed” Herman
    • OpenStax

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    True or False? Justify your answer with a proof or a counterexample.

    1) The rectangular coordinates of the point \(\left(4,\frac{5π}{6}\right)\) are \(\left(2\sqrt{3},−2\right).\)

    2) The equations \(x=\cosh(3t), \; y=2\sinh(3t)\) represent a hyperbola.

    Answer
    True

    3) The arc length of the spiral given by \(r=\dfrac{θ}{2}\) for \(0≤θ≤3π\) is \(\frac{9}{4}π^3\) units.

    4) Given \(x=f(t)\) and \(y=g(t)\), if \(\dfrac{dx}{dy}=\dfrac{dy}{dx}\), then \(f(t)=g(t)+C,\) where \(C\) is a constant.

    Answer
    False. Imagine \(y=t+1, \; x=−t+1.\)

    In exercises 5 -8, sketch the parametric curve and eliminate the parameter to find the Cartesian equation of the curve.

    5) \(x=1+t, \; y=t^2−1, \quad −1≤t≤1\)

    6) \(x=e^t, \; y=1−e^{3t}, \quad 0≤t≤1\)

    Answer

    \(y=1−x^3\)

    Graph of a curve starting at (1, 0) and decreasing into the fourth quadrant.

    7) \(x=\sin θ, \; y=1−\csc θ, \quad 0≤θ≤2π\)

    8) \(x=4\cos ϕ, \; y=1−\sin ϕ, \quad 0≤ϕ≤2π\)

    Answer

    \(\dfrac{x^2}{16}+(y−1)^2=1\)

    Graph of an ellipse with center (0, 1), major axis horizontal and of length 8, and minor axis of length 2.

    In exercises 9 - 10, sketch the polar curve and determine what type of symmetry exists, if any.

    9) \(r=4\sin\left(\frac{θ}{3}\right)\)

    10) \(r=5\cos(5θ)\)

    Answer

    Symmetric about polar axis

    Graph of a five-petaled rose with initial petal at θ = 0.

    In exercises 11 - 12, find the polar equation for the curve given as a Cartesian equation.

    11) \(x+y=5\)

    12) \(y^2=4+x^2\)

    Answer
    \(r^2=\dfrac{4}{\sin^2θ−\cos^2θ}\)

    In exercises 13 - 14, find the equation of the tangent line to the given curve. Graph both the function and its tangent line.

    13) \(x=\ln(t),\; y=t^2−1, \; t=1\)

    14) \(r=3+\cos(2θ), \; θ=\frac{3π}{4}\)

    Answer

    \(y=\frac{3\sqrt{2}}{2}+\frac{1}{5}\left(x+\frac{3\sqrt{2}}{2}\right)\)

    Graph of a peanut-shaped figure, with y intercepts at ±2 and x intercepts at ±4. The tangent line occurs in the second quadrant.

    15) Find \(\dfrac{dy}{dx}, \; \dfrac{dx}{dy},\) and \(\dfrac{d^2x}{dy^2}\) of \(y=(2+e^{−t}), \; x=1−\sin t\)

    In exercises 16 -17, find the area of the region.

    16) \(x=t^2, \; y=\ln(t), \quad 0≤t≤e\)

    Answer
    \(\dfrac{e^2}{2}\text{ units}^2\)

    17) \(r=1−\sin θ\) in the first quadrant

    In exercises 18 - 19, find the arc length of the curve over the given interval.

    18) \(x=3t+4, \; y=9t−2, \quad 0≤t≤3\)

    Answer
    \(9\sqrt{10}\) units

    19) \(r=6\cos θ,\quad 0≤θ≤2π.\) Check your answer by geometry.

    In exercises 20 - 22, find the Cartesian equation describing the given shapes.

    20) A parabola with focus \((2,−5)\) and directrix \(x=6\)

    Answer
    \((y+5)^2=−8x+32\)

    21) An ellipse with a major axis length of 10 and foci at \((−7,2)\) and \((1,2)\)

    22) A hyperbola with vertices at \((3,−2)\) and \((−5,−2)\) and foci at \((−2,−6)\) and \((−2,4)\)

    Answer
    \(\dfrac{(y+1)^2}{16}−\dfrac{(x+2)^2}{9}=1\)

    In exercises 23 - 25, determine the eccentricity and identify the conic. Sketch the conic.

    23) \(r=\dfrac{6}{1+3\cos θ}\)

    24) \(r=\dfrac{4}{3−2\cos θ}\)

    Answer

    \(e=\frac{2}{3}\), ellipse

    Graph of an ellipse with center near (1.5, 0), major axis nearly 5 and horizontal, and minor axis nearly 4.

    25) \(r=\dfrac{7}{5−5\cos θ}\)

    26) Determine the Cartesian equation describing the orbit of Pluto, the most eccentric orbit around the Sun. The length of the major axis is 39.26 AU and minor axis is 38.07 AU. What is the eccentricity?

    Answer
    \(\dfrac{y^2}{19.03^2}+\dfrac{x^2}{19.63^2}=1, \quad e=0.2447\)

    27) The C/1980 E1 comet was observed in 1980. Given an eccentricity of \(1.057\) and a perihelion (point of closest approach to the Sun) of \(3.364\) AU, find the Cartesian equations describing the comet’s trajectory. Are we guaranteed to see this comet again? (Hint: Consider the Sun at point \((0,0)\).)


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