{"id":8109,"date":"2021-11-13T23:27:17","date_gmt":"2021-11-13T17:57:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mathemerize.com\/?p=8109"},"modified":"2021-11-14T00:33:41","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T19:03:41","slug":"find-the-slope-of-the-normal-to-the-curve-x-a-cos3theta-y-a-sin3theta-at-theta-piover-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mathemerize.com\/find-the-slope-of-the-normal-to-the-curve-x-a-cos3theta-y-a-sin3theta-at-theta-piover-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Find the slope of the normal to the curve x = \\(a cos^3\\theta\\), y = \\(a sin^3\\theta\\) at \\(\\theta\\) = \\(\\pi\\over 4\\)."},"content":{"rendered":"
We have,\u00a0x = \\(a cos^3\\theta\\), y = \\(a sin^3\\theta\\)<\/p>\n
\\(\\implies\\)\u00a0 \\(dx\\over d\\theta\\) = \\(-3 a cos^2\\theta sin\\theta\\),\u00a0 \\(dy\\over d\\theta\\) = \\(3 a sin^2\\theta cos\\theta\\)<\/p>\n
Now, \\(dy\\over dx\\)\u00a0 = \\(dy\/d\\theta\\over dx\/d\\theta\\)<\/p>\n
\\(\\implies\\)\u00a0 \\(dy\\over dx\\) = -\\(tan\\theta\\)<\/p>\n
\\(\\therefore\\)\u00a0 Slope of the normal<\/a> at any point on the curve = \\(-1\\over dy\/dx\\) = \\(cot\\theta\\)<\/p>\n Hence, the slope of the normal at \\(\\theta\\) = \\(\\pi\\over 4\\) = \\(cot\\pi\\over 4\\) = 1.<\/p>\n Find the slope of normal to the curve x = 1 \u2013 \\(a sin\\theta\\), y = \\(b cos^2\\theta\\) at \\(\\theta\\) = \\(\\pi\\over 2\\).<\/a><\/p>\n Show that the tangents to the curve y = \\(2x^3 \u2013 3\\) at the points where x =2 and x = -2 are parallel.<\/a><\/p>\n Find the equations of the tangent and the normal at the point \u2018t\u2019 on the curve x = \\(a sin^3 t\\), y = \\(b cos^3 t\\).<\/a><\/p>\n Find the equation of the normal to the curve y = \\(2x^2 + 3 sin x\\) at x = 0.<\/a><\/p>\n
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