Math 76 Name:

Spring 2012
Exam 4 - Version 1 - Solutions
1. Set up (but do NOT evaluate) an integral that gives the area under one arch of the cycloid
x = 3(t sin t), y = 3(1 cos t).
Solution: We know A =
_
y dx. The beginning and ending of an arch is when y = 0, and that
happens when cos t = 1. Thus we should integrate from t = 0 to t = 2. Since
dx = 3(1 cos t) we have A =
_
2
0
3(1 cos t) 3(1 cos t) dt = 9
_
2
0
(1 cos t)
2
dt.
2. Set up (but do NOT evaluate) an integral that gives the length of one arch of the cycloid x =
3(t sin t), y = 3(1 cos t).
Solution: The beginning and ending of an arch is when y = 0, and that happens when cos t = 1.
Thus we should integrate from t = 0 to t = 2.
L =
_
2
0

_
_
dx
dt
_
2
+
_
dy
dt
_
2
=
_
2
0
_
(3(1 cos t))
2
+ (3 sin t)
2
= 3
_
2
0
_
(1 cos t)
2
+ sin
2
t.
3. Find the slope of the tangent line to the cycloid x = 3(t sin t), y = 3(1 cos t). at the point
where t = /6.
Solution:
dx
dt
_

6
_
= 3(1 cos t)

t=/6
= 3
_
1

3
2
_
=
6 3

3
2
dy
dt
_

6
_
= 3 sin t

t=/6
=
3
2
Thus, the slope of the tangent line at the point where t = /6 is
3
2
6 3

3
2
=
3
6 3

3
=
1
2

3
= 2 +

3.
Math 76 Exam 4 - Version 1 - Solutions
4. Sketch the graph of r = 1 + 2 sin . (Polar Coordinates)
Solution:
5. Set up (but do NOT evaluate) an integral that gives the area enclosed by one leaf of the rose
r = cos 2. Sketch the gure.
Solution:
The shaded half-leaf of the rose is obtained when 0 /4 and so the area enclosed by one
leaf of the rose is
2
_
/4
0
1
2
cos
2
2 d =
_
/4
0
cos
2
2 d.
6. Set up (but do NOT evaluate) an integral that gives the area of the region that lies inside the
circle r = 3 sin and outside the cardiod r = 1 + sin . Sketch the gure.
Solution:
Solving the equation 3 sin = 1+sin we see that sin =
1
2
and so the desired region is determined
by /6 5/6. Thus
A =
_
5/6
/6
1
2
_
(3 sin )
2
(1 + sin )
2
_
d.
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Math 76 Exam 4 - Version 1 - Solutions
Questions 7 through 10 refer to the conic section represented by the polar equation
r =
16
3 5 cos
.
7. Name the conic, give its eccentricity, and sketch a graph. Give the vertices and the center (using
polar coordinates).
Solution: Note that all of the labels on the following graph are in rectangular coordinates.
2 10 5
2
x
y
a=3
b
=
4
c
=
5
focus
focus
x

=

1
6
/
5
x

=

3
4
/
5
y = (4/3)(x+5)
y = (4/3)(x+5)
Center is at (5, 0) or (5, ); Vertices are at (2, 0) or (2, ) and (8, 0) or (8, ).
r =
16
3 5 cos
=
16
3
1
5
3
cos
e =
5
3
hyperbola.
8. Give the coordinates (in polar coordinates) of the foci.
Solution: The foci are at (0, 0) and (10, ).
9. Give the equations (in polar coordinates) of the directrices.
Solution: Since e = 5/3 and ed = 16/3, d = 16/5 and so one directrix is x = 16/5 or in polar
coordinates r cos = 16/5 or equivalently r = (16/5) sec . The other directrix is at x = 34/5
or in polar coordinates r = (34/5) sec .
10. Give the equations (in polar coordinates) of the asymptotes (if there are any).
Solution: Since a = 3, c = 5, and c
2
= a
2
+ b
2
, we see that 25 = 9 + b
2
and so b = 4. Thus, in
rectangular coordinates the equations of the asymptotes are
y =
4
3
(x + 5)
or in polar coordinates
r sin =
4
3
(r cos + 5) or equivalently r =
20
3 sin 4 cos
.
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