Suppose that a comet travels in a parabolic orbit with the sun as its focus. Position a
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Suppose that a comet travels in a parabolic orbit with the sun as its focus. Position a polar coordinate system with the pole at the sun and the axis of the orbit perpendicular to the polar axis. When the comet is the given distance from the sun, the segment from the comet to the sun makes the given angle with the polar axis. Find a polar equation of the orbit, assuming that the directrix lies above the pole.
100 million miles, π/6
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Algebra And Trigonometry Graphs And Models
ISBN: 9780134179049
6th Edition
Authors: Marvin Bittinger, Judith Beecher, David Ellenbogen, Judith Penna
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