Which of the following represents the polar equation r = (cot 2θ)(csc θ) as a rectangular equation?

x2 + y2 = 1
y = 1
y2 = x3
y3 = x2

Respuesta :

The option that depicts the polar equation r = (cot 2θ)(csc θ) as an equation that is rectangular is: y² = 2x.

What is a polar equation?

A polar expression is any equation that describes the correlation between r and θ, where r signifies the anticlockwise angle formed by a point on a curve, the pole, and the positive x-axis, and means the breadth between the origin and a location on a curve.

What is the solution to the equation above?

Step 1 - expand the polar equation

r = 2cosθ * cscθ

Step 2  - convert csc and cos to their equivalents in tan and sin

r = 2 * (1/tanθ) * (1/sinθ) * sinθ

r = 2 * (1/tanθ) * sinθ/sinθ

r = 2 * 1/tanθ

r = 2/tanθ, making 2 the subject of the formula, we have

rtanθ = 2



Note that rectangular coordinates of a point will be depicted as (x,y) and it's plolar coordinate will be (r, θ).

This mean

x = r cos θ; and

y = r sinθ

From the above, we can state that:

Since y = r sinθ
⇒ tanθ = y/x

⇒ (rsinθ/y) * tanθ = 2

Thus y * (y/x) = 2

Therefore,

y²/x = 2

y² = 2x

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