University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 10 - Section 10.3 - Polar Coordinates - Exercises - Page 577: 44

Answer

The graph is composed of two perpendicular lines passing through the origin with slopes $1$ and $-1$.

Work Step by Step

Conversion of polar coordinates and Cartesian coordinates are as follows: a)$r^2=x^2+y^2 \implies r=\sqrt {x^2+y^2}$ b) $\tan \theta =\dfrac{y}{x} \implies \theta =\tan^{-1} (\dfrac{y}{x})$ c) $x=r \cos \theta$ d) $y=r \sin \theta$ Here, we have $r^2 \cos^2 \theta =r^2 \sin^2 \theta$ Therefore, our Cartesian equation is $x^2=y^2 \implies x=\pm y$ or, $y=\pm x$ This shows that the graph is composed of two perpendicular lines passing through the origin with slopes $1$ and $-1$.
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