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Example Question #11 : Graphing Polar Form
Describe the graph of from .
A limacon without a loop rotated left
A limacon without a loop rotated right
An upright limacon without a loop
An upside down limacon without a loop
A limacon without a loop rotated right
Graphing polar equations is different that plotting cartesian equations. Instead of plotting an coordinate, polar graphs consist of an coordinate where is the radial distance of a point from the origin and is the angle above the x-axis.
From our equation, we know the shape of our graph will be a limacon because our equation is in the form where . This limacon will have no loop because . Our limacon is symmetric about the x-axis because our equation includes the function. The y-intercepts are at and . The x-intercept is at .
We could also substitute values of (in radians) between and into our expression, to find values of r. We then plot each ordered pair, , using the value as the radius and as the angle.
We get the graph below, an limacon turned right.
Example Question #19 : Graphing Polar Form
Describe the graph of from .
a limacon with a loop turned left
a limacon with a loop turned right
an upright limacon with a loop
an upside-down limacon with a loop
a limacon with a loop turned left
Graphing polar equations is different that plotting cartesian equations. Instead of plotting an coordinate, polar graphs consist of an coordinate where is the radial distance of a point from the origin and is the angle above the x-axis.
From our equation, we know the shape of our graph will be a limacon because our equation is in the form where . This limacon will have a loop because . The length of the loop is . Our limacon is symmetric about the x-axis because our equation includes the function. The y-intercepts are at and . The x-intercept is at .
We could also substitute values of (in radians) between and into our expression, to find values of r. We then plot each ordered pair, , using the value as the radius and as the angle.
We get the graph below, a limacon with a loop turned left.
Example Question #20 : Graphing Polar Form
Describe the graph of from .
a limacon with a loop turned right
an upside-down limacon with a loop
a limacon with a loop turned left
an upright limacon with a loop
an upright limacon with a loop
Graphing polar equations is different that plotting cartesian equations. Instead of plotting an coordinate, polar graphs consist of an coordinate where is the radial distance of a point from the origin and is the angle above the x-axis.
From our equation, we know the shape of our graph will be a limacon because our equation is in the form where . This limacon will have a loop because . The length of the loop is . Our limacon is symmetric about the y-axis because our equation includes the function. The x-intercepts are at and . The y-intercept is at .
We could also substitute values of (in radians) between and into our expression, to find values of r. We then plot each ordered pair, , using the value as the radius and as the angle.
We get the graph below, an upright limacon with a loop.
Example Question #281 : Parametric, Polar, And Vector
In which quadrant does the polar coordinate terminate?
The coordinate goes to the right units from the origin and is rotated counter-clockwise, terminating in
Example Question #282 : Parametric, Polar, And Vector
In which quadrant does the polar coordinate terminate?
The coordinate goes to the right units from the origin and is rotated counter-clockwise, terminating in
Example Question #283 : Parametric, Polar, And Vector
In which quadrant does the polar coordinate terminate?
The coordinate goes to the left units from the origin and is rotated counter-clockwise, terminating in
Example Question #284 : Parametric, Polar, And Vector
In which quadrant is the polar coordinate located?
The polar coordinate
is graphed by moving units to the left of the origin and rotating counter-clockwise, resulting in
Example Question #285 : Parametric, Polar, And Vector
In which quadrant is the polar coordinate located?
The polar coordinate
is graphed by moving units to the right of the origin and rotating counter-clockwise, resulting in
Example Question #286 : Parametric, Polar, And Vector
In which quadrant is the polar coordinate located?
The polar coordinate
is graphed by moving units to the right of the origin and rotating counter-clockwise, resulting in
Example Question #287 : Parametric, Polar, And Vector
In which quadrant is the polar coordinate located?
The polar coordinate
is graphed by moving unit to the right of the origin and rotating counter-clockwise, resulting in
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