Calculus 2 help (polar stuff)

chrisfrog

Member
Oct 15, 2001
75
0
0
f(theta) = 4cos(theta) + 2 Find the slope of the tangent line at the pole

i've gotten as far as dy/dx which is



4cos(2theta)+2cos(theta)
-4sin(2theta)-sin(theta)

the answer is sqare root of 3 but we're stuck at dy/dx because we don't know an angle to plug in and zero doesn't work

any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.