Example 20 - Find equation of tangent x = a sin3 t , y = b cos3 t

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Question 7 Find the equation of tangent to the curve given by x = a sin3 t , y = b cos3 t at a point where t = ๐œ‹/2 . The curve is given as x = a sin3t , y = b cos3t Slope of the tangent = ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ/๐‘‘๐‘ฅ Here, ๐’…๐’š/๐’…๐’™ = (๐’…๐’š/๐’…๐’•)/(๐’…๐’™/๐’…๐’•) ๐’…๐’š/๐’…๐’• = (๐‘‘(๐‘ cos^3โกใ€–๐‘ก)ใ€—)/๐‘‘๐‘ก = โˆ’3b cos^2 ๐‘ก sinโก๐‘ก ๐’…๐’™/๐’…๐’• = (๐‘‘(๐‘Ž sin^3โกใ€–๐‘ก)ใ€—)/๐‘‘๐‘ก = 3a sin^2โก๐‘ก cosโก๐‘ก Hence, ๐‘‘๐‘ฆ/๐‘‘๐‘ฅ = (dy/dt)/(๐‘‘๐‘ฅ/dt) = (โˆ’3๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ ^2 ๐‘ก sinโก๐‘ก)/(3๐‘Ž sin^2โกใ€–๐‘ก cosโก๐‘ก ใ€— ) = (โˆ’๐’ƒ ๐’„๐’๐’”โก๐’•)/(๐’‚ ๐’”๐’Š๐’โก๐’• ) Now, Slope of the tangent at "t = " ๐œ‹/2 is ๐’…๐’š/๐’…๐’™ = (โˆ’๐‘ ใ€–cos ใ€—โกใ€–๐œ‹/2ใ€—)/(๐‘Ž ใ€–sin ใ€—โกใ€–๐œ‹/2ใ€— ) = (โˆ’๐‘(0))/(๐‘Ž(1)) = 0 To find Equation of tangent, we need to find point (x, y) Putting t = ๐œ‹/2 in equation of x and y ๐‘ฅ = ๐‘Ž sin3 (๐œ‹/2) ๐’™=๐’‚ ๐‘ฆ = b cos3 (๐œ‹/2) y = 0 Hence, point is (a, 0) Now, Equation of tangent at point (๐‘Ž, 0) and with slope 0 is y โˆ’ 0 = 0 (x โˆ’ ๐‘Ž) y = 0

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