Section 11.1 Worksheet:

Assigned problems: Exercises pp. 679-680, #2, 4, 5, 12, 15, 18, 20, 34, 43 (due Wednesday, 9/24).

  1. What role does the vertical line test play in this section?

  2. What is the brachistochrone problem? the tautochrone problem?

  3. What is a cycloid?

  4. What scientific applications might parametric curves be well suited to?



Wed Sep 17 15:22:46 EDT 2003