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Example 5: Hyperbola

07_trigonometric_functions-426.gif , or r2 = sec θ csc θ. The graph is shown in Figure 7.7.8.

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Figure 7.7.8

Some curves have much simpler equations in polar coordinates than in rectangular coordinates.
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