Precalculus
Demana Waits Foley Kennedy
Precalculus

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Chapter 6 Explorations

Section 6.5, Extension of Exploration 2 (page 547)

Let .

1. Explain why   produces the same graph as

2. Use symmetry tests to show that the graph of is symmetric about the origin.

3. Determine the values of that are in the domain of the polar equation .


Extension of Exploration Exercise 67 (page 549)

Consider the polar equation for n an even integer.

(a) Prove that the graph is symmetric about the x-axis.
(b) Prove that the graph is symmetric about the y-axis.
(c) Prove that the graph is symmetric about the origin.
(d) Prove that the maximum r-value is | a| .


Section 6.6, Extension of Exploration Exercise 67 (page 549)

(c) Use the trigonometric form for the complex numbers

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