Chapter 14 • Parametric Equations
PROBLEMS
85
Graph the following curves. Notice that both x and y have a specific finite range of values for all
these curves. Indicate these ranges clearly on your graph.
14.1 x = 1, Y =1
2
,
0:::: t
::::
1
14.2 x =
(2,
Y =
21
- 1, 0:::: 1
::::
1
14.3 x = 2 cos t, Y = sin 1, 0:::: 1
::::
n
14.4 x = f' y = t,
1::::
1
::::
2
Write the Cartesian equations of the following curves, and graph them.
14.5
x=sin
2t+l,
y=COS(,
-00<1<00
14.6x=t
2
,
y=21
4
- 1,
-00<1<00
14.7 x = 1 - e', y =e";
-00
< t <
00
14
8
.
2 2 tt
• X = sin 1, Y = cos 1, 0:::: 1
::::
"2
Find the equation of the tangent line at the indicated point. Does the curve lie under or over the
tangent line near this point?
14.9 x = 21
3
-
1, y = 1
2
,
1 = 2
14.10x=e
t
,
y=cost,
t=O
14.11 x = t
2
- 1, y = t
2
+ I, t = 113
14.12 x = e'; y = e",
(=
0
14.13 A ball is thrown at an angle of 45° with the ground and an initial velocity of 64 ft/sec. Find
how high it goes by finding when
*=
o.
14.14 If a body is projected upward at an angle
e,
we have seen that its path is given by x =
(v cos e) t, Y = (v sin e) 1 - 16t
2
,
where v is the initial velocity. At what time does the
body reach maximum height, and when does it hit the ground? At what angle does the
curve hit the ground? What is the slope of the curve when the body hits the ground?
Find the lengths of the following curves.
14.15 x = a cos 1, y =a sin t, 0
~
t
~
21f
8 3
14.16 y =
3x
L,
0:::: x s 5
14.17 x =
v'T+"fI,
y = log(t + v'T+"fI), 0
~
( < 5
14.18
x = tan:" t, y = ! log(l + t
2
) ,
0
~
t
~
1
14.19 x = e' cos t, y = e' sin t, 0
~
t
~
n
14.20 y = cosh x, 0
~
x
~
Xo
(See Problem 7.28, Chapter 7.)
14.21 Find the parametric equations of the hyperbola
~
-
~
= 1 using the parameter edefined
by
x = asec
e.
Hint: tan?e+ 1 = sec?
e.
14.22 Find the parametric equations of the parabola ay =x
2
using as parameter the slope of the
line from
(0,0)
to
(x,
y).
14.23 If a circle rolls along the x-axis, the point P on the circle that starts at
(0,0)
traces out a
cycloid. Show that the parametric equations are
x =
ae
- a sin
e,
y=a- a cos
e,
where
a is the radius of the circle and eis the angle through which the radius to P has turned.
14.24 Find the parametric equations of the ellipse
~
+
~
= 1 using as parameter the angle e
defined by x = a cos
e.
14.25 A rod AB moves with its end A on the y-axis and its end B on the x-axis. Find the
parametric equations of the curve traced out by the point
P on the rod which is a units
from
A and b units from B. Hint: Use as parameter the angle ethe rod makes with the
x-axis.