Assignment 10

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Shridevi kotta

This write up explores the graph of a parametric curves.

A parametric curve in the plane is a pair of functions

where the two continuous functions define ordered pairs (x, y). The two equations are usually called the parametric equations of a curve. The extent of the curve will depend on the range of t and your work with parametric equations should pay close attention the range of t. In many applications, we think of x and y "varying with time t " or the angle of rotation that some line makes from an initial location.

Consider the parametric equations below:

For a = na =1 the curves are as below. For a = na taking values between 0 and 5, click the graph below to see the animated graph.

For a < na, the graphs of the above equations look as below and click on the graph to see the animated graph.

For a > na the graphs of the equations look like the following. Click on the graph to see the animated version.

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