Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 11: Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates - Section 11.1 - Parametrizations of Plane Curves - Exercises 11.1 - Page 647: 28

Answer

$\left\{\begin{array}{ll} x=3\sin t, & \\ y=9\sin^{2}t, & t\in[0,+\infty) \end{array}\right.$

Work Step by Step

One way to keep x between $-3$ and $3$, is to define $x=3\sin t$. ($x$ moves back and forth between -3 and 3). We want $x$ to start at 0, so we start with $t$=0 (restrict $t$ to $[0,+\infty)$ ) (If we had chosen cosine to represent $x$, $t$ would have started with $\pi/2$) Substituting $x$, $y=x^{2}\Rightarrow y=(3\sin t)^{2}=9\sin^{2}t$ So, we can have the following: $\left\{\begin{array}{ll} x=3\sin t, & \\ y=9\sin^{2}t, & t\in[0,+\infty) \end{array}\right.$
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