University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 10 - Section 10.3 - Polar Coordinates - Exercises - Page 577: 22

Answer

Graph:

Work Step by Step

Plotting the points $(r,\theta)$: $r$ is the directed distance of the point from the pole. $\theta$ defines the angle of the ray on which the point lies, - remains $\theta$ when $r$ is positive - becomes $\theta\pm\pi$ when $r$ is negative The $r= -1$ indicates that this region is a part of the circle around the pole, with radius 1, and points that are represented terminate in opposite quadrants of $\theta's$ terminal sides. The angle ranges form $0$ to $\pi$, which covers the upper part of the circle, but because r is negative, we take the points in the opposite quadrants, that is, the lower semicircle is the graph.
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