Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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ISBN 10: 0-13446-914-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-13446-914-0

Chapter 6 - Mid-Chapter Check Point - Page 756: 20

Answer

The required equation in the polar form is $r=-2\,\cos \,\theta $.

Work Step by Step

It is known that $x=r\,\cos \,\theta \ \text{ and }\ y=r\,\sin \,\theta $. Put $x=r\,\cos \,\theta \ \text{ and }\ y=r\,\sin \,\theta $ in the provided equation ${{\left( x+1 \right)}^{2}}+{{y}^{2}}=1.$ Therefore, $\begin{align} & {{\left( r\,\cos \,\theta +1 \right)}^{2}}+{{r}^{2}}\,{{\sin }^{2}}\,\theta =1 \\ & {{r}^{2}}\,{{\cos }^{2}}\,\theta +1+2r\,\cos \,\theta +{{r}^{2}}\,{{\sin }^{2}}\,\theta =1 \\ & {{r}^{2}}\left( {{\cos }^{2}}\,\theta +{{\sin }^{2}}\,\theta \right)+1+2r\,\cos \,\theta =1 \\ & {{r}^{2}}\left( {{\cos }^{2}}\,\theta +{{\sin }^{2}}\,\theta \right)+2r\,\cos \,\theta =0 \end{align}$ and ${{r}^{2}}=-2r\,\cos \,\theta $ This implies that $r=-2\,\cos \,\theta $.
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