ASSIGNMENT - I

dr
1. Prove with usual notations tan ∅ = dθ
1 1 1 dr 2
2. Prove with usual notations p2 = r2 + r4 (dθ)
3. Find the angle between the radius vector and the tangent for following curves:
i) r = a(1 − cos θ)
ii) r m = am (cos mθ + sin mθ)
4. Find the angle of intersection of the following pairs of curves:
a b
i) r = 1+cos θ and r = 1−cos θ
ii) r 2 sin 2θ = 4 and r 2 = 16 sin 2θ
5. Find the pedal equation of the following curves:
2𝑎
i) 𝑟 = 1 − cos θ
ii) r n = an cos nθ
6. Find the radius of curvature at any point on the following curves:
a a
i) √x + √y = √a at (4 , 4)
ii) x = acos 3 t and y = asin3 t
7. Expand tan−1 x in power of (x − 1) upto the term containing fourth degree.
π
8. Obtain the Taylor’s expansion of log e (cos 𝑥) about x = 3 upto the term containing fourth
degree.
π
9. Expand tan x about the point x = 4 upto the third degree term and hence find tan 46o.
10. Expand log⁡(1 + sin 𝑥) as Maclaurin’s series upto the term containing⁡x 4 .
11. Obtain the Maclaurin’s expansion of log(1 + x) and hence deduce that
1+x x3 x5
log (√1−x ) = x + + + ⋯.
3 5

12. Obtain the Maclaurin’s expansion of sin−1 𝑥 upto the term containing⁡x 5 .
13. Evaluate the following:
xex −log⁡(1+x)
i) lim
x→0 x2
x 1
ii) lim [x−1 − log x]
x→1
a x
iii) lim [x − cot (a)]
x→0
1⁄
ax +bx +cx 𝑥
iv) lim [ ]
x→0 3