SOLUTION: true or false: the graph of the polar equation r^2 = 3sin2(theta) is a limacon?please explain.

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Question 224213: true or false: the graph of the polar equation r^2 = 3sin2(theta) is a limacon?please explain.
Answer by solver91311(24713)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!


This is most assuredly NOT a limaçon whose general polar equation is . This is more closely related to Bernoulli's Lemniscate,


John


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