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Eliminate the parameter and obtain the standard form of the rectangular equation.

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Eliminate the parameter and obtain the standard form of the rectangular equation.

Ellipse: x = h + a cos θ,  y = k + b sin θ
asked Feb 2, 2015 in TRIGONOMETRY by anonymous

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Step 1 :

The parametric equations of an ellipse are image and image.

Eliminate the parameter margin-bottom: -15px; :

Consider image.

image

Consider image.

image

Step 2 :

Trigonometric identity : image

Substitute image and image in above equation.

image

The equation of an ellipse is image

Solution :

The equation of an ellipse is image

answered Feb 3, 2015 by Thomas Apprentice

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