University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 10 - Section 10.6 - Conics in Polar Coordinates - Exercises - Page 591: 36

Answer

$\dfrac{6}{3+\sin \theta}$

Work Step by Step

The polar equation of a conic with eccentricity $e$ and directrix $y=k$ is defined as: $r=\dfrac{ke}{1+e \sin \theta}$ ...(1) We are given that the vertices are: $e=\dfrac{1}{3}$ Thus, equation (1), becomes $r=\dfrac{2}{1+(\dfrac{1}{3})\sin \theta}=\dfrac{6}{3+\sin \theta}$
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