Math 8 Homework #21/22

Nothing is so strong as gentleness;
nothing so gentle as real strength.
St. Francis de Sales

Reading

Read what we will cover in class on Friday/Monday: 13.1, 13.2

When reading 13.1 pay special attention to the following concepts:

  • rectangular coordinates, polar coordinates, the relationship between them, polar graphs, note the many examples/samples and the cases when symmetry appears in the graphs.
When reading 13.2 pay special attention to the following concepts:
  • slope of a parametric curve, slope of a polar curve, area in polar coordinates.

Problems

The following problems are due by the beginning of class on Wednesday 2/24.
  • 12.4 : 29.
  • 13.1 : 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 13, 14, 15, 16, 26, 27, 28, 29.
  • Note: don't let the length of the list scare you... some of these are very short...