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Ch. 11 - Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates
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Chapter 11, Problem 11.6.62

Shifting Conic Sections


Find the center, foci, vertices, asymptotes, and radius, as appropriate, of the conic sections in Exercises 57-68.


9x² + 6y² + 36y = 0

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Exercises 1–18 give parametric equations and parameter intervals for the motion of a particle in the xy-plane. Identify the particle’s path by finding a Cartesian equation for it. Graph the Cartesian equation. (The graphs will vary with the equation used.) Indicate the portion of the graph traced by the particle and the direction of motion.


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r = −2 cos θ

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