##DESCRIPTION # Created: 3/2/02 # Authors: Minock # Stewart 4th ed. Section 10.2 # Find d2y/dx2 for parametric equations. ##ENDDESCRIPTION ##KEYWORDS('parametric') ## tcao tagged and PAID on 12-12-2003 ## DBchapter('Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates') ## DBsection('Tangents and Areas') ## Date('6/3/2002') ## Author('') ## Institution('') ## TitleText1('Calculus Early Transcendentals') ## EditionText1('4') ## AuthorText1('Stewart') ## Section1('10.2') ## Problem1('15') DOCUMENT(); loadMacros( "PG.pl", "PGbasicmacros.pl", "PGchoicemacros.pl", "PGanswermacros.pl", "PGauxiliaryFunctions.pl" ); TEXT(&beginproblem); $showPartialCorrectAnswers = 1; $a = random(1,9,1); $b = random(2,9,1); $c = random(1,9,1); $d = random(2,5,1); $ans = "($d*($d-1)/($b**2))(cos(t)**($d-2))"; $NO_SPACE = '@{\,}'; BEGIN_TEXT Find \( \displaystyle \frac{d^2y}{dx^2} \), as a fuction of \(t\), for the given the parametric equations: \[ \begin{array}{r${NO_SPACE}c${NO_SPACE}l} x & = & $a - $b \cos(t) \cr y & = & $c + \cos^{$d}(t) \end{array} \] \( \displaystyle \frac{d^2y}{dx^2} = \) \{ ans_rule(50) \}. END_TEXT &ANS(function_cmp($ans, "t")); ENDDOCUMENT();