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This homework assignment involves problems on conic sections and parametric curves. Students are asked to find the equation of a parabola related to an ellipse, graph both curves on a grid and label important points. They must also find the focus-directrix and standard equations of a conic section given information about its focus and directrix, and graph it. Additionally, students must find the equation of the tangent line to a curve at a point, show the curve is concave up, and plot and label a rose curve. The homework is due on February 23, 2015 at the start of the student's discussion class.

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Conics Param

This homework assignment involves problems on conic sections and parametric curves. Students are asked to find the equation of a parabola related to an ellipse, graph both curves on a grid and label important points. They must also find the focus-directrix and standard equations of a conic section given information about its focus and directrix, and graph it. Additionally, students must find the equation of the tangent line to a curve at a point, show the curve is concave up, and plot and label a rose curve. The homework is due on February 23, 2015 at the start of the student's discussion class.

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Mathematics 54 WFQ1
HW on Conic Sections and Parametric Curves

2nd Sem AY 2014-15


Due on: 23 February 2015

This Homework is due at the start of your discussion class on Tuesday, 23 February 2015. Please work independently. Print this sheet out (preferably back-to-back) and write all solutions on the space provided.
1. Find the equation of the parabola that opens right
and whose latus rectum coincides with the minor axis
of the ellipse with equation

16x2 + 25y 2 64x 50y = 1511 .


Graph both of these using different colors on the grid
provided. Label all pertinent points, e.g., center,
vertices, foci, latus rectum endpoints, and minor axis
endpoints.
(10 points)
Solution:

2. A conic
with eccentricity 2 has a focus at
section

F 0, 4 2 and the corresponding directrix to that

focus is D : y = 2 2. Find the focus-directrix equation and standard equation of this conic, and graph
it on the space provided. Include the given directrix
and label all important points.
(6 points)
Solution:

3. The curve C is defined by the parametric equations


(
x = e3t + 1
y = 1 et
a. Find the equation of the tangent line to C at
the point (2, 0).
(3 points)
Solution:

4. The graph of r() = 4 sin 5 is a rose. Find all


[0, ] such that sin 5 is minimized or maximized.
Use these points to plot r(). Show the orientation
of the rose for each petal.
(4 points)
Solution:

b. Show that C is concave up for all t R.

(2 points)

Solution:

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