How do you differentiate the following parametric equation: # x(t)=tlnt, y(t)= cost-tsin^2t #?
1 Answer
Jul 13, 2016
Explanation:
Differentiating a parametric equation is as easy as differentiating each individual equation for its components.
If
So we first determine our component derivatives:
Therefore the final parametric curve's derivatives is simply a vector of the derivatives: