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10.1 Non-right Triangles: Law of Sines
10.4 Polar Coordinates: Graphs
The equation fails the symmetry test with respect to the line and with respect to the pole. It passes the polar axis symmetry test.
10.7 Parametric Equations: Graphs
The graph of the parametric equations is in red and the graph of the rectangular equation is drawn in blue dots on top of the parametric equations.
10.1 Section Exercises
The altitude extends from any vertex to the opposite side or to the line containing the opposite side at a 90° angle.
When the known values are the side opposite the missing angle and another side and its opposite angle.
The distance from the satellite to station is approximately 1716 miles. The satellite is approximately 1706 miles above the ground.
10.2 Section Exercises
10.3 Section Exercises
For polar coordinates, the point in the plane depends on the angle from the positive x-axis and distance from the origin, while in Cartesian coordinates, the point represents the horizontal and vertical distances from the origin. For each point in the coordinate plane, there is one representation, but for each point in the polar plane, there are infinite representations.
Determine for the point, then move units from the pole to plot the point. If is negative, move units from the pole in the opposite direction but along the same angle. The point is a distance of away from the origin at an angle of from the polar axis.
The point has a positive angle but a negative radius and is plotted by moving to an angle of and then moving 3 units in the negative direction. This places the point 3 units down the negative y-axis. The point has a negative angle and a positive radius and is plotted by first moving to an angle of and then moving 3 units down, which is the positive direction for a negative angle. The point is also 3 units down the negative y-axis.
10.4 Section Exercises
Symmetry with respect to the polar axis is similar to symmetry about the -axis, symmetry with respect to the pole is similar to symmetry about the origin, and symmetric with respect to the line is similar to symmetry about the -axis.
Test for symmetry; find zeros, intercepts, and maxima; make a table of values. Decide the general type of graph, cardioid, limaçon, lemniscate, etc., then plot points at and and sketch the graph.
The shape of the polar graph is determined by whether or not it includes a sine, a cosine, and constants in the equation.
symmetric with respect to the polar axis, symmetric with respect to the line symmetric with respect to the pole
Both graphs are curves with 2 loops. The equation with a coefficient of has two loops on the left, the equation with a coefficient of 2 has two loops side by side. Graph these from 0 to to get a better picture.
The graphs are three-petal, rose curves. The larger the coefficient, the greater the curve’s distance from the pole.
10.5 Section Exercises
10.6 Section Exercises
A pair of functions that is dependent on an external factor. The two functions are written in terms of the same parameter. For example, and
Some equations cannot be written as functions, like a circle. However, when written as two parametric equations, separately the equations are functions.
10.7 Section Exercises
10.8 Section Exercises
They are unit vectors. They are used to represent the horizontal and vertical components of a vector. They each have a magnitude of 1.