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Calculus with Analytic Geometry
Calculus of a Single Variable
Multivariable Calculus
, Seventh Edition
Ron Larson - The Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College
Robert P. Hostetler - The Pennsylvania State University, The Behrend College
Bruce H. Edwards - University of Florida
Chapter Summary
Chapter 9: Conics, Parametric Equations, and Polar Coordinates

9.1
  • Understand the definition of a conic section.
  • Analyze and write equations of parabolas using properties of parabolas.
  • Analyze and write equations of ellipses using properties of ellipses.
  • Analyze and write equations of hyperbolas using properties of hyperbolas.
9.2
  • Sketch the graph of a curve given by a set of parametric equations.
  • Eliminate the parameter in a set of parametric equations.
  • Find a set of parametric equations to represent a curve.
9.3
  • Find the slope of a tangent line to a curve given by a set of parametric equations.
  • Find the arc length of a curve given by a set of parametric equations.
9.4
  • Understand the polar coordinate system.
  • Rewrite rectangular equations in polar form and vice versa.
  • Sketch the graph of an equation in polar form.
  • Find the slop of a tangent line to a polar graph.
  • Identify several types of special polar graphs.
9.5
  • Find the area of a region bounded by a polar graph.
  • Find the points of intersection of two polar graphs.
  • Find the arc length of a polar graph.
  • Find the area of a surface revolution (polar form).
9.6
  • Analyze and write polar equations of conics.
  • Understand and use Kepler’s Laws of planetary motion.



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