## DESCRIPTION ## Parametric equations: graphing a polar curve ## ENDDESCRIPTION ## KEYWORDS('parametric', 'graph polar curve') ## DBsubject('WeBWorK') ## DBchapter('WeBWorK Tutorial') ## DBsection('Fort Lewis Tutorial 2011') ## Date('01/30/2011') ## Author('Paul Pearson') ## Institution('Fort Lewis College') ## TitleText1('') ## EditionText1('') ## AuthorText1('') ## Section1('') ## Problem1('') ########################### # Initialization DOCUMENT(); loadMacros( "PGstandard.pl", "MathObjects.pl", "PGgraphmacros.pl", "AnswerFormatHelp.pl", "unionTables.pl", ); TEXT(beginproblem()); $refreshCachedImages = 1; ########################## # Setup Context("Numeric")->variables->are(t=>"Real"); $gr = init_graph(-1.1,-1.1,1.1,1.1,axes=>[0,0],size=>[300,300]); $gr->new_color("lightblue", 198,217,253); # RGB $gr->new_color("darkblue", 77,137,249); $gr->new_color("lightred", 255,127,127); $gr->new_color("darkred", 255, 55, 55); $gr->new_color("lightorange", 255,204,127); $gr->new_color("darkorange", 255, 153, 0); $gr->new_color("lightgreen", 187, 255, 153); $gr->new_color("darkgreen", 0, 208, 0); # If the polar curve is r = f(t) = cos(5*t), then # # x = r cos(t) = f(t) cos(t) # y = r sin(t) = f(t) sin(t) # $x = Formula("cos(5*t) * cos(t)"); $y = Formula("cos(5*t) * sin(t)"); $f = new Fun( $x->perlFunction, $y->perlFunction, $gr ); $f->domain(0,3.14); $f->steps(90); $f->color('darkgreen'); $f->weight('2'); $gr->fillRegion([0.5,0.1,'lightgreen']); ########################## # Main Text Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_TEXT \{ ColumnTable( "Find the area enclosed by one petal of the rose curve \( r = f(\theta) = \cos(5\theta) \). $BR $BR Area = ". ans_rule(20).$SPACE. AnswerFormatHelp("numbers") , $BCENTER. image( insertGraph($gr), width=>300, height=>300 ). $PAR. "Graph of \( r = \cos(5\theta) \)". $ECENTER , indent => 0, separation => 30, valign => "TOP" ); \} END_TEXT Context()->normalStrings; ######################## # Answer Evaluation $showPartialCorrectAnswers = 1; # intentionally incorrect ANS( Compute("pi")->cmp() ); ############################ # Solution Context()->texStrings; BEGIN_SOLUTION ${PAR}SOLUTION:${PAR} Solution explanation goes here. END_SOLUTION Context()->normalStrings; COMMENT('MathObject version.'); ENDDOCUMENT();