
SECTION 10.5 Plane Curves and Parametric Equations 739
13. x  6 cos t  5 cos 3t, y  6 sin t  5 sin 3t,
0  t  2p
14. x  3t
2
 10, y  4t
3
, any real number t
15. x  12 cos 3t cos t  6, y  12 cos 3t sin t  7,
0  t  2p
16. x  2 cos 3t  6, y  2 cos 3t sin t  7, 0  t  2p
17. x  t sin t, y  t cos t,0  t  8p
18. x  9 sin t, y  9t cos t,0  t  20
In Exercises 19–30, the given curve is part of the graph of an
equation in x and y. Find the equation by eliminating the
parameter.
19. x  t  3, y  2t  1, t  0
20. x  t  5, y  t
, t  0
21. x 2  t
2
, y  1  2t
2
, any real number t
22. x  t
2
 1, y  t
2
 1, any real number t
23. x  t
3
 3t
2
 2t, y  t  1, any real number t
24. x  8t
3
 4t
2
 3, y  2t  4, any real number t
25. x  t
, y  t
4
 1, t  0
26. x  t
2
 t  1, y  t  1
, t 1
27. x  e
t
, y  t, any real number t
28. x  2e
t
, y  1  e
t
, t  0
29. x  3 cos t, y  3 sin t,0  t  2p
30. x  4 sin 2t, y  2 cos 2t,0  t  2p
In Exercises 31 and 32, sketch the graphs of the given curves
and compare them. Do they differ and if so, how?
31. (a) x 4  6t, y  7  12t,0  t  1
(b) x  2  6t, y 5  12t,0  t  1
32. (a) x  t, y  t
2
(b) x  t
, y  t
(c) x  e
t
, y  e
2t
In Exercises 33–42, use the information given in Special Topics
10.3.A and summarized in the endpapers at the beginning of this
book to find a parameterization of the conic section whose rec-
tangular equation is given. Confirm your answer by graphing.
33. circle with center (7, 4) and radius 6
34. circle with center (9, 12) and radius 5
35. x
2
 y
2
 4x  4y  1  0[Hint: Example 13 in Sec-
tion 1.3.]
36. x
2
 y
2
 4x  6y  9  0
37.
2
x
5
2
1
y
8
2
 1 38.
(x 
10
2)
2
(y 
20
5)
2
 1
39.
x
9
2
1
y
5
2
 1 40.
1
y
2
2
x
8
2
 1
41.
(y 
36
2)
2
(x 
24
5)
2
 1 42.
(x 
25
5)
2
(y 
50
3)
2
 1
43. (a) What is the slope of the line through (a, b) and (c, d )?
(b) Use the slope from part (a) and the point (a, b) to write
the equation of the line. Do not simplify.
(c) Show that the curve with parametric equations
x  a  (c  a)t and y  b  (d  b)t
(t any real number)
is the line through (a, b) and (c, d ). [Hint: Solve both
equations for t, and set the results equal to each other;
compare with the equation in part (b).]
44. Find parametric equations whose graph is the line segment
joining the points (a, b) and (c, d ). [Hint: Adjust the range
of t values in Exercise 43(c).]
In Exercises 45–47, use Exercise 44 to find a parameterization
of the line segment joining the two points. Confirm your an-
swer by graphing.
45. (6, 12) and (12, 10) 46. (14, 5) and (5, 14)
47. (18, 4) and (16, 14)
48. (a) Find a parameterization of the line segment joining
(5, 3) and (7, 4), as in Exercises 45–47.
(b) Explain why another parameterization of this line seg-
ment is given by
x 5  12 sin t and
y 3  7 sin t (0  t  p/2).
(c) Use the trace feature to verify that the segment is traced
out twice when the t-range in part (b) is changed to 
0  t  p (use t-step  p/20). Explain why.
(d) What happens when 0  t  2p?
49. (a) Graph the curve given by
x  sin kt and y  cos t (0  t  2p)
when k  1, 2, 3, and 4. Use the window with
1.5  x  1.5 and 1.5  y  1.5
and t-step  p/30.
(b) Without graphing, predict the shape of the graph
when k  5 and k  6. Then verify your predictions
graphically.
50. (a) Graph the curve given by
x  3 sin 2t and y  2 cos kt (0  t  2p)
when k  1, 2, 3, 4. Use the window with 3.5  x 
3.5 and 2.5  y  2.5 and t-step  p/30.
(b) Predict the shape of the graph when k  5, 6, 7, 8. Ver-
ify your predictions graphically.
51. Let a be a constant. Then the curve given by
x  2a cot t and y  2a sin
2
t (0  t  p)
is called a witch of Agnesi. Example 5 is the case when
a 
1
2
. On the same screen, graph this curve when
(a) a  1 (b) a  2 (c) a  2.5 (d) a  4
(e) Without graphing, describe the witch of Agnesi when
a  3.