Exam 9: Parametric Equations and Polar Coordinates
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Select the curve by using the parametric equations to plot the points. 

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The orbit of Hale-Bopp comet,discovered in 1995,is an ellipse with eccentricity 0.995 and one focus at the Sun.The length of its major axis is 369.9 AU.[An astronomical unit (AU)is the mean distance between Earth and the Sun,about 93 million miles.] Find the maximum distance from the comet to the Sun.(The perihelion distance from a planet to the Sun is a(1-e) and the aphelion distance is a(1+e) .Find the answer in AU and round to the nearest hundredth.
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Find a polar equation for the curve represented by the given Cartesian equation. 

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Consider the polar equation
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(a)Find the eccentricity and an equation of the directrix of the conic.
(b)Identify the conic.
(c)Sketch the curve.

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Select the curve by using the parametric equations to plot the points. 

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Write a polar equation in r and of an ellipse with the focus at the origin,with the eccentricity
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Write a polar equation in r and
of a hyperbola with the focus at the origin,with the eccentricity
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Find the area of the region that lies inside the first curve and outside the second curve. 

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The graph of the following curve is given.Find the area that it encloses.



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Set up,but do not evaluate,an integral that represents the length of the parametric curve. 

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Write a polar equation in r and of an ellipse with the focus at the origin,with the eccentricity
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Consider the polar equation
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(a)Find the eccentricity and an equation of the directrix of the conic.
(b)Identify the conic.
(c)Sketch the curve.

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Match the parametric equations with the graphs labeled a-e. 

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The planet Mercury travels in an elliptical orbit with eccentricity 0.403 .Its minimum distance from the Sun is
km.If the perihelion distance from a planet to the Sun is a (1- e) and the aphelion distance is a (1+e) ,find the maximum distance (in km)from Mercury to the Sun.

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Find the area of the region enclosed by one loop of the curve. 

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Set up an integral that represents the length of the curve.Then use your calculator to find the length correct to four decimal places. 

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