1998 Paper 3 Q4

Year: 1998
Paper: 3
Question Number: 4

Course: UFM Pure
Section: Polar coordinates

Difficulty: 1700.0 Banger: 1516.0

Problem

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 \(0\le\theta\le 2\pi\).

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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 $0\le\theta\le 2\pi$.