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DEPARTMENT OF BASIC SCIENCES
ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS –I (15MAT11)
MODULE -1 (CO101.1)
Leibnitz’s theorem
a a
(i) r a and r 2a cos , (ii) r
and r
1 1 2
12. Show that the following pair of curves interest orthogonally:
(i) r n a n cos n and r n b n sin n ,
(ii) r ae and re b , (iv) r a(1 cos ) and r b(1 cos )
(v) r 2 sin 2 a 2 and r 2 cos 2 b 2 ,
13. Using the pedal formula for , prove that r 3 / a 2 for the curve r 2 a 2 sec 2 .
14. Show that for the curve p 2 ar, 2 varies as r 3 .
15. Find the pedal equations of the following curves:
(i) r = 2(1 - cos 𝜃), (ii) 𝑟 𝑛 = 𝑎𝑛 cos 𝑛𝜃, (iii) 2a/r = (1+ cos 𝜃),
(iv) 1/r = 1+ 𝑒 cos 𝜃, (v) 𝑟 cos 𝑚𝜃 = 𝑎 and (vi) r = 𝑒 𝜃𝑐𝑜𝑡∝ .
𝑚 𝑚
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Radius of Curvature
16. Show that for the catenary y = c cosh (x / c) the radius of curvature is equal to y 2 / c which is
also equal to the length of the normal intercepted between the curve and the x – axis.
17. Find the radius of curvature for the Folium of De – Cartes x 3 y 3 3axy at the point
(3a/2 , 3a/2) on it.
4a 2 ( 2a x )
18. Find the radius of curvature for the curve y 2 where the curve meets the x –
x
axis.
19. For the curve y ax a x, show that (2 / a) 2 / 3 ( x / y ) 2 ( y / x) 2 .
20. Show that the radius of curvature at any point on the cycloid x a ( sin ) ,
y a (1 cos ) is 4a cos( / 2) .
21. Show that the radius of curvature of the curve x a (cost sin t ) , y a (sin t t cos t ) is
‘at’.
22. Show that for the equiangular spiral r ae cot where a and are constants, is a
r
constant.
23. Show that the radius of curvature of the curve r n a n cos n varies inversely as r n1 .
36. Find the radius of curvature of the curve r a sin n at the pole.
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