The expression is .
Apply trigonometric inverse property: .
Let and
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and
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Substitute ,
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The solution of .
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, let .
The vertices of the parabola are and
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Then the midpoint of the vertices, in polar coordinates, is the center of the parabola. then the rectangular coordinates are
and
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a = distance from the center to a vertex = 36.
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