University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 10 - Section 10.6 - Conics in Polar Coordinates - Exercises - Page 591: 46

Answer

$x+y=-\sqrt{2}$

Work Step by Step

Apply identity for $\cos(\alpha+\beta)$ $\displaystyle \cos(\theta+\frac{3\pi}{4})=\cos\theta\cos\frac{3\pi}{4}-\sin\theta\sin\frac{3\pi}{4}$ $\displaystyle \cos(\theta+\frac{3\pi}{4})=-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\cdot\cos\theta-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\sin\theta\qquad/\times r$ $r\displaystyle \cos(\theta+\frac{3\pi}{4})=-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\cdot(r\cos\theta)-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\cdot(r\sin\theta)$ Apply the conversion formula $(x,y)=(r\cos\theta,r\sin\theta)$ $r\displaystyle \cos(\theta-\frac{\pi}{4})=-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\cdot x-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\cdot y$ So the line, in Cartesian coordinates, is $-\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\cdot x-\frac{1}{\sqrt{2}}\cdot y=1\qquad/\times(-\sqrt{2})$ $x+y=-\sqrt{2}$
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