Calculus

Lesson 60

More Parametrics

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                        Even if we can't find , we can still find !

                                                                          

 

 

 

 

 

 

            Example:        Check: 

 

 

 

                        How would we find ?

                                   

 

 

            From previous example: 

                       

 

            We can convert this to a function of x if we want to or check with .

 

 

            More examples:      

                        Find the slope and concavity at  of

 

 

                        Find the slope and concavity at  of

 

 

 

 

 

           

 

            If Arc Length and Surface Area were Covered:

 

                       

 

 

                        Examples:     Circle:           

                                                Epicycloid:            

 

 

                                                How much tape in a roll, where the tape is 0.001 in thick, the

                                                hole is 1/2 in, the outer radius is 2 in?

                                                            Use

 

                        after squaring and simplifying, use integral table to integrate

                                                                                                Answer:  11,781 in or 982 feet

 

 

 

 

 

 

                        Similarly,

 

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