The eccentricity of a conic is .
Vertices of the conic is at .
Since the eccentricity is , the conic is parabola.
The polar equation of the conic with the directrix is .
The directrix of the conic is a horizontal line .
Find the value of :
The value of and the polar form of a point on the conic to determine the value of
.
The vertex has polar coordinates
.
and
Susbtitute in
.
.
Susbtitute in
.
.
The standard form of polar equation is : .
Substitute ,
and
.
Substitute and
in
.
.
Therefore, the polar equation of the conic is and directrix is
.
Graph:
\(1) Draw the coordinate plane.
\(2) Graph the polar equation .
Graph :
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The polar equation is .
Graph :
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