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: 37

Answer

$y=x\tan \alpha -16\dfrac {x^{2}}{v^{2}_{0}\cos ^{2}\alpha }=x\tan \alpha -16\dfrac {x^{2}}{v^{2}_{0}}\left( 1+\tan ^{2}\alpha \right) $

Work Step by Step

$x=\left( v_{0}\cos \alpha \right) t\Rightarrow t=\dfrac {x}{v_{0}\cos \alpha }$ Lets eliminate t in second equation $y=\left( v_{0}\sin \alpha \right) {t}-16t^{2}=\left( v_{0}\sin \alpha \right) \dfrac {x}{v_{0}\cos \alpha }-16\left( \dfrac {x}{v_{0}\cos \alpha }\right) ^{2}=x\tan \alpha -16\dfrac {x^{2}}{v^{2}_{0}\cos ^{2}\alpha }=x\tan \alpha -16\dfrac {x^{2}}{v^{2}_{0}}\left( 1+\tan ^{2}\alpha \right) $
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