document.write( "Question 1080745: Graph the following polar equation of r = cos 5Θ + n cos Θ, 0 ≤ Θ ≤ π\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "\"n+=+-5+\" to \"+n+=+5+\" should transfer shaped from a heart to a bell. Which values of \"+n+\" produce this heart-shaped curve and which values of \"n\" produce the bell-shaped counter-part?
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "The heart shape occurs when n = -4 or n = -5 while the bell shape happens when n = 4 or n = 5. So it appears that the two shapes occur at the opposite ends of this interval [-5, 5].
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