Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 9 - Section 9.6 - Conic Sections in Polar Coordinates - Exercise Set - Page 1031: 40

Answer

ellipse; see graph.

Work Step by Step

Step 1. Rewrite the given equation in standard form as $r=\frac{16}{4-3cos\theta}=\frac{4}{1-\frac{3}{4}cos\theta}$ Step 2. We can identify: $e=\frac{3}{4}\lt 1$, representing an ellipse. Step 3. We can identify: $ep=4, p=\frac{16}{3}$ and the directrix as $x=-\frac{16}{3}$ Step 4. We can graph the equation as shown in the figure.
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