Reminders Coverage Sample Questions

Mathematics 54
Second Long Examination
30 September 2014, Tuesday
Discussion class room and time

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Reminders Coverage Sample Questions

Conic Sections (parabola, ellipse, hyperbola)

related points and lines (e.g. vertices, foci, directrices, etc.)
properties (e.g. eccentricity, distance definition, etc.)

Parametric equations and parametric curves

Cartesian equation
2
dy
d y
tangent lines
, concavity
2
dx

dx

arc length

Polar coordinates and polar curves

polar coordinates Cartesian coordinates
polar curves (circles, lines, limaons, roses, lemniscates, conics,
etc.)
symmetry tests
intersections of polar curves

tangent lines, arc length, area

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Reminders Coverage Sample Questions

Determine whether the conic section is a parabola, an ellipse, or a

hyperbola.
1.

(x 3)2 (y + 1)2

=1
4
9

hyperbola

2. the set of points in the plane equidistant from P(1, 5) and

: x=9
parabola
3. x = t + 3, y = t 2
6
4. r =
8 + 5cos
4

5. r = 1
6

6.

2
3

parabola

ellipse
hyperbola

sin

(x + 7)2 + (y + 3)2 = |y 6|

parabola

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Reminders Coverage Sample Questions

Choose the best answer from the given choices.

1. Which of the following is a pair of polar coordinates for the point
p
p
with Cartesian coordinates ( 2, 2)?
A.

2,

11
4

B.

13
2,
4

C.

2,

15
4

D.

17
2,
4

2. Which of the following is a pair of parametric equations for the

circle x2 + y 2 = 4?
A. x = t 2 , y =p4 t 2
B. x = t, y = 4 t 2

C. x = cos 2t, y = sin 2t

D. x = 2cos 8t, y = 2sin 8t

3. The curve r = 6 sin 2 is symmetric about

axis;
2

A. the pole;

C. the

B. the polar axis;

D. all of the above.

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Reminders Coverage Sample Questions

Let C be the conic section with equation

x2 (y 2)2
+
= 1.
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9

Find the center, vertices, foci, endpoints of the minor axis,

eccentricity, and equations of the directrices of C.
Sketch its graph indicating all points and lines obtained above.

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Let C be the conic section with equation

x2 (y 2)2
+
= 1.
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9

Find a polar equation for C expressed as r in terms of

(r = f ()).

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Reminders Coverage Sample Questions

Let C1 be the curve with parametric equations

Find

d2 y
dx2

x = 2t 3/2 , y = 2(4 t)3/2 , 0 t 4.

without eliminating the parameter t.

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Let C1 be the curve with parametric equations

x = 2t 3/2 , y = 2(4 t)3/2 , 0 t 4.
Find the length of arc of C1 from the point (0, 16) to the point
p
(6 2, 2).

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Reminders Coverage Sample Questions

Consider the curves r 2 = 6 cos 2 and r = 2 cos .

Sketch the two curves on one coordinate plane and find their
points of intersection.

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Reminders Coverage Sample Questions

Consider the curves r 2 = 6 cos 2 and r = 2 cos .

Find the slope of the tangent line to circle at the point where

= .
3

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Reminders Coverage Sample Questions

Set up the definite integrals equal to the area and the perimeter of
p
the region inside the limaon r = 2 + sin and above the two
upper petals of the rose r = 3 sin 3 as shown in the figure below. A
point
of the two curves in the first quadrant is
of intersection

p
3 2
,
2 4

Pb

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