Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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ISBN 10: 0-47064-772-8
ISBN 13: 978-0-47064-772-1

Chapter 10 - Parametric And Polar Curves; Conic Sections - 10.3 Tangent Lines, Arc Length , And Area For Polar Curves - Exercises Set 10.3 - Page 726: 5

Answer

$\dfrac{1}{2}$

Work Step by Step

We have: $ r=\sin 3\theta$ and $r (\theta=\dfrac{\pi}{4})=\dfrac{\sqrt 2}{2}$ $\dfrac{dr}{ d \theta}=3 \cos 3 \theta$ and $\dfrac{dr}{ d \theta}(\theta=\dfrac{\pi}{4})=3 \cos 3 (\dfrac{\pi}{4})=\dfrac{-3}{\sqrt 2}$ $\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{dy/d \theta }{dx/d \theta }\\=\dfrac{r \cos \theta+\sin\theta \dfrac{dr}{ d \theta}}{- r \sin \theta+\cos\theta \dfrac{dr}{ d \theta}}$ Now, $\dfrac{dy}{dx}=\dfrac{(\dfrac{\sqrt 2}{2}) (\dfrac{1}{\sqrt 2}) +\dfrac{1}{ \sqrt 2} \times (\dfrac{-3}{\sqrt 2})}{(\dfrac{-\sqrt 2}{2}) (\dfrac{1}{\sqrt 2}) +\dfrac{1}{ \sqrt 2} \times (\dfrac{-3}{\sqrt 2})}\\=\dfrac{1}{2}$
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