Calculus: Early Transcendentals
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**Parameter Elimination and Curve Sketching**
*Objective:* Sketch the curve by eliminating the parameter, and indicate the direction of increasing \( t \).
**Problems:**
(a)
\[ x = 3t - 4, \quad y = 6t + 2 \]
(b)
\[ x = 2\cos(t), \quad y = 5\sin(t) \quad (0 \leq t \leq 2\pi) \]
(c)
\[ x = 2\sin^2(t), \quad y = 3\cos^2(t) \quad \left(0 \leq t \leq \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \]
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*Instructions:*
1. Find a relationship between \( x \) and \( y \) by eliminating \( t \).
2. Sketch the resulting curve in the \( xy \)-plane.
3. Indicate the direction in which the curve is traced as \( t \) increases.
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**Parameter Elimination and Curve Sketching**
*Objective:* Sketch the curve by eliminating the parameter, and indicate the direction of increasing \( t \).
**Problems:**
(a)
\[ x = 3t - 4, \quad y = 6t + 2 \]
(b)
\[ x = 2\cos(t), \quad y = 5\sin(t) \quad (0 \leq t \leq 2\pi) \]
(c)
\[ x = 2\sin^2(t), \quad y = 3\cos^2(t) \quad \left(0 \leq t \leq \frac{\pi}{2}\right) \]
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*Instructions:*
1. Find a relationship between \( x \) and \( y \) by eliminating \( t \).
2. Sketch the resulting curve in the \( xy \)-plane.
3. Indicate the direction in which the curve is traced as \( t \) increases.
---
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