009C Sample Final 1, Problem 7

A curve is given in polar coordinates by

$r=1+\sin \theta$

a) Sketch the curve.

b) Compute $y'={\frac {dy}{dx}}$.

c) Compute $y''={\frac {d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}}$.

Foundations:
How do you calculate $y'$ for a polar curve $r=f(\theta )$?

Solution:

(a)

Step 1:
Insert sketch of graph

(b)

Step 1:
First, recall we have
$y'={\frac {dy}{dx}}={\frac {{\frac {dr}{d\theta }}\sin \theta +r\cos \theta }{{\frac {dr}{d\theta }}\cos \theta -r\sin \theta }}$.
Since $r=1+\sin \theta$,
${\frac {dr}{d\theta }}=\cos \theta$.
Hence, $y'={\frac {\cos \theta \sin \theta +(1+\sin \theta )\cos \theta }{\cos ^{2}\theta -(1+\sin \theta )\sin \theta }}$

Step 2:
Thus, we have ${\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle {y'}&=&\displaystyle {\frac {2\cos \theta \sin \theta +\cos \theta }{\cos ^{2}\theta -\sin ^{2}\theta -\sin \theta }}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\frac {\sin(2\theta )+\cos \theta }{\cos(2\theta )-\sin \theta }}\\\end{array}}$

(c)

Step 1:
We have ${\frac {d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}}={\frac {\frac {dy'}{d\theta }}{{\frac {dr}{d\theta }}\cos \theta -r\sin \theta }}$.
So, first we need to find ${\frac {dy'}{d\theta }}$.
We have
${\begin{array}{rcl}\displaystyle {\frac {dy'}{d\theta }}&=&\displaystyle {{\frac {d}{d\theta }}{\bigg (}{\frac {\sin(2\theta )+\cos \theta }{\cos(2\theta )-\sin \theta }}{\bigg )}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\frac {(\cos(2\theta )-\sin \theta )(2\cos(2\theta )-\sin \theta )-(\sin(2\theta )+\cos \theta )(-2\sin(2\theta )-\cos \theta )}{(\cos(2\theta )-\sin \theta )^{2}}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\frac {2\cos ^{2}(2\theta )+2\sin ^{2}(2\theta )-3\sin \theta \cos(2\theta )+3\sin(2\theta )\cos \theta +\sin ^{2}\theta +\cos ^{2}\theta }{(\cos(2\theta )-\sin \theta )^{2}}}\\&&\\&=&\displaystyle {\frac {3-3\sin \theta \cos(2\theta )+3\sin(2\theta )\cos \theta }{(\cos(2\theta )-\sin \theta )^{2}}}\\\end{array}}$
since $\sin ^{2}\theta +\cos ^{2}\theta =1$ and $2\cos ^{2}(2\theta )+2\sin ^{2}(2\theta )=2$.

Step 2:
Now, using the resulting formula for ${\frac {dy'}{d\theta }}$, we get
${\frac {d^{2}y}{dx^{2}}}={\frac {3-3\sin \theta \cos(2\theta )+3\sin(2\theta )\cos \theta }{(\cos(2\theta )-\sin \theta )^{3}}}$.

Final Answer:
(a) See Step 1 above for the graph.
(b) ${\frac {\sin(2\theta )+\cos \theta }{\cos(2\theta )-\sin \theta }}$
(c) ${\frac {3-3\sin \theta \cos(2\theta )+3\sin(2\theta )\cos \theta }{(\cos(2\theta )-\sin \theta )^{3}}}$

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