Year: 1998
Paper: 3
Question Number: 4
Course: UFM Pure
Section: Polar coordinates
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Show that the equation (in plane polar
coordinates) $r=\cos\theta$, for $-\frac{1}{2}\pi \le \theta \le
\frac{1}{2}\pi$, represents a circle.
Sketch the curve $r=\cos2\theta$ for $0\le\theta\le 2\pi$,
and describe the curves
$r=\cos2n\theta$, where $n$ is an integer. Show that the area
enclosed by such a curve is independent of $n$.
Sketch also the curve $r=\cos3\theta$ for $0\le\theta\le 2\pi$.