SOLUTION: Eliminate the parameter: x= 7sint + sin7t y= 7cost + cos7t

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Question 1087872: Eliminate the parameter:
x= 7sint + sin7t
y= 7cost + cos7t

Answer by Edwin McCravy(20064) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!



The best way to not have a parameter at all is to
go to polar coordinates with r2=x2+y2
and t=q

Squaring everything: 



Adding those equations:



Using well-known trig identities:

x%5E2%2By%5E2=49%281%29%2B14cos%5E%22%22%286t%29%5E%22%22%2B%281%29

x%5E2%2By%5E2=14cos%5E%22%22%286t%29%5E%22%22%2B50

We switch to polar coordinates with r2=x2+y2
and t=q

r%5E2=14cos%5E%22%22%286theta%29%2B50

The graph looks like this:

 

Edwin