Precalculus: Mathematics for Calculus, 7th Edition

Published by Brooks Cole
ISBN 10: 1305071751
ISBN 13: 978-1-30507-175-9

Chapter 8 - Section 8.4 - Plane Curves and Parametric Equations - 8.4 Exercises - Page 617: 14

Answer

(a) See the graph (b) $\frac{x^2}{4}+\frac{y^2}{9}=1$

Work Step by Step

(a) Notice that, $0\leq t\leq2\pi$ is an entire period for both $sin~t$ and $cos~t$ $cos~0=1$ and $sin~0=0$ $cos~\frac{\pi}{2}=0$ and $sin~\frac{\pi}{2}=1$ $cos~\pi=-1$ and $sin~\pi=0$ $cos~\frac{3\pi}{2}=0$ and $sin~\frac{3\pi}{2}=-1$ $cos~2\pi=1$ and $sin~2\pi=0$ (b) $x=2~cos~t$ $\frac{x}{2}=cos~t$ $\frac{x^2}{4}=cos^2t$ $y=3~sin~t$ $\frac{y}{3}=sin~t$ $\frac{y^2}{9}=sin^2t$ $cos^2t+sin^2t=1$ $\frac{x^2}{4}+\frac{y^2}{9}=1$
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