Calculus 10th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1-28505-709-0
ISBN 13: 978-1-28505-709-5

Chapter 10 - Conics, Parametric Equations, and Polar Coordinates - Review Exercises - Page 743: 71

Answer

$$r = 4\sec \theta \tan \theta $$

Work Step by Step

$$\eqalign{ & {x^2} = 4y \cr & {\text{Convert to polar form, using }}x = r\cos \theta ,{\text{ }}y = r\sin \theta \cr & {\left( {r\cos \theta } \right)^2} = 4\left( {r\sin \theta } \right) \cr & {r^2}{\cos ^2}\theta = 4r\sin \theta \cr & \frac{{{r^2}{{\cos }^2}\theta }}{r} = \frac{{4r\sin \theta }}{r} \cr & r{\cos ^2}\theta = 4\sin \theta \cr & r = 4\left( {\frac{{\sin \theta }}{{{{\cos }^2}\theta }}} \right) \cr & r = 4\sec \theta \tan \theta \cr & {\text{The graph represents a parabola }} \cr & {\text{Graph}} \cr} $$
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