University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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ISBN 13: 978-0-32199-958-0

Chapter 10 - Section 10.2 - Calculus with Parametric Curves - Exercises - Page 572: 2

Answer

$y=\sqrt 3 x+2$ and $\dfrac{d^2y}{dx^2}=-8$

Work Step by Step

Here, $x'=2 \pi \cos 2 \pi t; y'=-2 \pi \sin 2 \pi t$ and $\dfrac{dy}{dx}=-\tan (2 \pi t)$ Now, at $t=\dfrac{-1}{6}$ we have $x=\dfrac{-\sqrt 3}{2}$ and $y=\dfrac{1}{2}$ $\dfrac{dy}{dx}=-\tan (2 \pi) (\dfrac{-1}{6})=-1$ Now, $y-(\dfrac{1}{2})=(\sqrt 3) (x-(\dfrac{-\sqrt 3}{2})) \implies y= \sqrt 3 x+2$ $\dfrac{d^2y}{dx^2}=\dfrac{\dfrac{dy'}{dt}}{\dfrac{dx}{dt}}=-\sec^3 2 \pi t$ Now, at $t=\dfrac{\pi}{4}$ $\dfrac{d^2y}{dx^2}=-\sec^3 2 \pi (\dfrac{-1}{6})$ or, $\dfrac{-1}{\cos^3 (\dfrac{\pi}{3})}=\dfrac{-1}{(\dfrac{1}{2})^3}$ Thus, $\dfrac{d^2y}{dx^2}=-8$
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