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IAL 2020 Oct Q7

A Level / Edexcel / FP2

IAL 2020 Oct Paper · Question 7

Figure 1

The curve CC, shown in Figure 1, has polar equation

r=2a(1+cosθ)0θπ\begin{align*} r = 2a(1 + \cos\theta) \qquad 0 \leqslant \theta \leqslant \pi \end{align*}

where aa is a positive constant.

The tangent to CC at the point AA is parallel to the initial line.

(a) Determine the polar coordinates of AA.

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The point BB on the curve has polar coordinates (a(2+3),π6)\left(a(2 + \sqrt{3}), \frac{\pi}{6}\right). The finite region RR, shown shaded in Figure 1, is bounded by the curve CC and the line ABAB.

(b) Use calculus to determine the exact area of the shaded region RR.

Give your answer in the form

a24(dπe+f3)\begin{align*} \frac{a^2}{4}\left(d\pi - e + f\sqrt{3}\right) \end{align*}

where dd, ee and ff are integers.

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解答

(a) The tangent is parallel to the initial line, so

ddθ(rsinθ)=0\begin{align*} \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}\theta}(r\sin\theta)=0 \end{align*}

Now

rsinθ=2a(1+cosθ)sinθ=2asinθ+asin2θ\begin{align*} r\sin\theta = &\,2a(1+\cos\theta)\sin\theta\\[4mm] = &\,2a\sin\theta+ a\sin 2\theta \end{align*}

so

ddθ(rsinθ)=2acosθ+2acos2θ\begin{align*} \frac{\mathrm{d}}{\mathrm{d}\theta}(r\sin\theta) = &\,2a\cos\theta + 2a\cos 2\theta \end{align*}

Hence

2cosθ+2cos2θ=02cos2θ+cosθ1=0(2cosθ1)(cosθ+1)=0\begin{align*} 2\cos\theta + 2\cos 2\theta = &\,0\\[4mm] 2\cos 2\theta + \cos\theta - 1 = &\,0\\[4mm] (2\cos\theta - 1)(\cos\theta + 1) = &\,0 \end{align*}

So θ=π/3\theta = \pi/3 and

r=2a(1+cosπ3)=3a\begin{align*} r = &\,2a\left(1+\cos\frac{\pi}{3}\right)\\[4mm] = &\,3a \end{align*}

Hence the polar coordinates of AA are (3a,π3)\left(3a,\frac{\pi}{3}\right).

(b) The area of the region between the curve and the initial line from θ=π/3\theta=\pi/3 to θ=π/6\theta=\pi/6 is

12π/6π/3(2a(1+cosθ))2dθ=2a2π/6π/3(1+2cosθ+cos2θ)dθ=2a2π/6π/3(32+2cosθ+12cos2θ)dθ=2a2[3θ2+2sinθ+14sin2θ]π/6π/3\begin{align*} &\,\frac{1}{2}\int_{\pi/6}^{\pi/3} \left(2a(1+\cos\theta)\right)^2 \,\mathrm{d}\theta\\[4mm] = &\,2a^2\int_{\pi/6}^{\pi/3}(1+2\cos\theta+\cos^2\theta)\,\mathrm{d}\theta\\[4mm] = &\,2a^2\int_{\pi/6}^{\pi/3}\left(\frac{3}{2}+2\cos\theta+\frac{1}{2}\cos 2\theta\right)\,\mathrm{d}\theta\\[4mm] = &\,2a^2\left[\frac{3\theta}{2}+2\sin\theta+\frac{1}{4}\sin 2\theta\right]_{\pi/6}^{\pi/3} \end{align*}

This gives

area of curve region=2a2(π4+312)=a24(2π+10)\begin{align*} \text{area of curve region} = &\,2a^2\left(\frac{\pi}{4}+3-\frac{1}{2}\right)\\[4mm] = &\,\frac{a^2}{4}\left(2\pi+10\right) \end{align*}

The area of OAB\triangle OAB is

12×3a×2asin(π3)=332a2\begin{align*} &\,\frac{1}{2}\times 3a \times 2a \sin\left(\frac{\pi}{3}\right)\\[4mm] = &\,\frac{3\sqrt{3}}{2}a^2 \end{align*}

Therefore the shaded area is

a24(2π+10)332a2=a24(2π+1063)\begin{align*} &\,\frac{a^2}{4}(2\pi+10) - \frac{3\sqrt{3}}{2}a^2\\[4mm] = &\,\frac{a^2}{4}\left(2\pi+10-6\sqrt{3}\right) \end{align*}