Calculus 2 : Parametric Form

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Example Questions

Example Question #81 :Parametric Form

Which of the following set of parametric equations parametrizes a section of parabola

? (Assume)

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

We can see that the parametric equations

describe a section of the parabola

because if do some manipulations of the parametric equations, we get

So then we get

which describes part of the parabola

.

Example Question #82 :Parametric Form

Which of the following parametric equations parametrizes an ellipse? (Assume that)

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The parametric equations

describe an ellipse because we have

which means

which is the equation for an ellipse.

Example Question #83 :Parametric Form

Givenand, what isin terms of(rectangular form)?

Possible Answers:

None of the above

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Givenand, et's solve both equations for:

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

Example Question #84 :Parametric Form

Givenand, what isin terms of(rectangular form)?

Possible Answers:

None of the above

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Givenand, let's solve both equations for:

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

Example Question #85 :Parametric Form

Givenand, what isin terms of(rectangular form)?

Possible Answers:

None of the above

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Givenand, let's solve both equations for:

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

Example Question #86 :Parametric Form

Givenand, what isin terms of?

Possible Answers:

None of the above

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Givenand, let's solve both equations for:

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

Example Question #87 :Parametric Form

Givenand, what isin terms of?

Possible Answers:

None of the above

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Givenand, let's solve both equations for:

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

Example Question #88 :Parametric Form

Given the parametric equations

what is?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

It is known that we can derivewith 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 #89 :Parametric Form

Given the parametric equations

what is?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

It is known that we can derivewith 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 #90 :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 givenand, we can easily compute the derivatives of each:

Applying these into the above formula results in:

This is one of the answer choices.

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