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Ch.12 - Parametric and Polar Curves
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Capitolo 12, Problema 12.1.67a

67–72. Derivatives Consider the following parametric curves.
a. Determine dy/dx in terms of t and evaluate it at the given value of t.


x = 2 + 4t, y = 4 − 8t; t = 2

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Identify the parametric equations given: \(x = 2 + 4t\) and \(y = 4 - 8t\).
Find the derivatives of \(x\) and \(y\) with respect to the parameter \(t\): compute \(\frac{dx}{dt}\) and \(\frac{dy}{dt}\).
Calculate \(\frac{dx}{dt}\) by differentiating \(x = 2 + 4t\) with respect to \(t\), and calculate \(\frac{dy}{dt}\) by differentiating \(y = 4 - 8t\) with respect to \(t\).
Use the formula for the derivative of \(y\) with respect to \(x\) in parametric form: \(\frac{dy}{dx} = \frac{\frac{dy}{dt}}{\frac{dx}{dt}}\).
Evaluate \(\frac{dy}{dx}\) at the given value \(t = 2\) by substituting \(t = 2\) into the expressions for \(\frac{dy}{dt}\) and \(\frac{dx}{dt}\), then compute the ratio.

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