BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI

HYDERABAD CAMPUS
SECOND SEMESTER 2015-2016
MATH F111: Mathematics I

Assignment -1

1. (a) Find an equation in polar coordinates for the curve = 2 , = 2 ;

< < .
(b) Find the length of the curve from = 0 to = 2.
2. Let P be a point on the hyperbola 2 2 = 22 . Show that the triangle formed by
OP, the tangent at P, the initial line is isosceles.
3. A particle moves around the unit circle in the plane. Its position vector at a
time is = + , where and are differentiable functions of . Find /
if . = . Is the motion is clockwise or counter clockwise?
4.

For certain values of the constants a and b, the two curves with Cartesian
equations = ( ) and ( + 2) = intersect at only one point P, have
a common tangent line at P, and have the same curvature at P. Find all a and b
which satisfy all these conditions.

5. Find the equation for the osculating, normal, and rectifying planes of the curve
2

() = 2 + 3 3 + at = 1.