Consider the change of coordinates $x=2u-v$, $y=u+2v$.

  1. Draw the circle $u^2+v^2=4$ in the $uv$ plane. Give the area inside the curve in the $uv$ plane, as well as the arc length.
  2. Draw the curve above in the $xy$ plane. (Make a table of $u,v,x,y$ values.)
  3. Compute $dx$ and $dy$, and then write them in the matrix form $$ \begin{bmatrix} dx\\dy \end{bmatrix}= \begin{bmatrix} ?&?\\?&? \end{bmatrix} \begin{bmatrix} du\\dv \end{bmatrix}.$$
  4. Compute the determinant of the matrix above, and then make a guess for the area inside the curve in the $xy$ plane.
  5. A parametrization of the curve in the $uv$ plane is $u=2\cos t, v=2\sin t$. Compute $du$ and $dv$ in terms of $t$ and $dt$, and then $dx$ and $dy$ in terms of $t$ and $dt$.
  6. Given an equation of the tangent line to the curve in the $xy$ plane at $t=\pi/2$ (so $(u,v) = (0,2)$, or $(x,y) = (0-2,0+4)$).
  7. Set up an integral to compute the arc length of the curve in the $xy$ plane.
  8. If you finish early, then repeat the problem above with another change of coordinates of the form $x=au+bv$, $y=cu+dv$ for different values of $a,b,c,d$.

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