Trigonometry 7th Edition

Published by Cengage Learning
ISBN 10: 1111826854
ISBN 13: 978-1-11182-685-7

Chapter 7 - Section 7.4 - The Area of a Triangle - 7.4 Problem Set - Page 397: 38

Answer

$y^2 - \dfrac{x^2}{4} = 4 $

Work Step by Step

$x = 4 \cot{t} \hspace{30pt} y = 2 \csc{t} $ $x^2 = 16 \cot^2{t} \hspace{30pt} y^2 = 4 \csc^2 {t}$ $4y^2 = 16 \csc^2{t}$ $4y^2 = 16+16 \cot^2 {t}$ $4y^2 = 16+x^2$ $y^2 - \dfrac{x^2}{4} = 4 $
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