Assignment #11 Nicole Mosteller EMAT 6680

Question #1: This investigation into polar equations of the form will be a collection of pictures that establish a pattern in the graphs of the polar equations when the values of a, b, and k are altered.
This graph is what I consider the basic for of the polar equation. By altering a, b, and k, we will see the changes that occur to this basic picture.
Investigation: How does the value of k effect the graph of the polar equation?
Investigation: How does the value of b effect the graph of the polar equation?
Investigation: How does the value of a effect the graph of the polar equation?
Investigation: What happens when the values of a and b are equal?
Investigation: How does this set of polar equations compare to the polar equations in the form ?
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