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1. Known Integral:

Integral of Sine, Cosine, Tangent, etc..

2. U-Substitution:






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Polar Curves:

Definition. A point P in the plane has polar coordinates (r, q) if the line segment OP has length r and the angle that OP makes with the positive axis is q (measured in a counter clockwise direction).

This definition requires that > 0. If r < 0, then we consider the point Q which has polar coordinates (-r, q). Then the point P has polar coordinates (r, q) if P is the point on the straight line containing O and Q which is -r units from O on the opposite side of O from Q.


Theorem. If a point P has polar coordinates (r, q) then the rectangular coordinates of P is (r cos(q), r sin(q)). In other words,

x = r cos(q)
y = r sin(q)

Theorem. If a point P has rectangular coordinates (x, y) then the polar coordinates of P is (r, q) where

r2 = x2 + y2
q = arctan(y/x).

We choose the positive square root of x2 + y2 for r if x > 0 and the negative square root otherwise.

 


Areas Bounded By Polar Curves:








Definition. Suppose that r = f(q) is a positive continuous function defined on the closed interval [a, b] where 0 < b - a < 2p. The area bounded by the graph of r = f(q), q = a, and q = b is



 

 






Parametric Equations in the plane is a pair of functions

x = f(t) and y = g(t)

which describe the x and y coordinates of the graph of some curve in the plane.





Differentiable Parametric Functions