Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Geometric Applications
I.
Families of Curves
dx
slope of the tangent line
dx
dy
x x2 x1
slope =
Examples: Solve the following:
1. Find the equation of a family of curves and the equation of the
particular curve passing through (-2,1) if the slope of the tangent at
3
2
any point is 3x2 + 4x. ANS. y=x +2 x +C , C=1
2. Find the equation of a family of curves if its normal line at any point
passes through the origin.
3. What is the equation of the family of curves if the tangent line, from
the point of tangency to the point where it crosses the x-axis, is
bisected by the y axis.
II.
Orthogonal Trajectories
5. Ellipses with centers at (0,0) and two vertices at (1,0) and (-1,0).
6. y = k ( csc x + cot x)
Physical Applications
III.
Rate Equation:
dx
dt
dx
dt
General Solution:
= kx
x = Cekt
, t 1 /2
x=0.5 x o
dT
dt
= rate of change
Rate Equation:
General Solution:
dT
dt
(T Tm)
or
dT
dt
= k (T Tm)
T = Tm + Cekt
2.