How do you convert $r \sin^2 \theta =3 \cos \theta$ into rectangular form?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-11T08:17:00

The rectangular form is $y^2=3x$

To convert from polar coordinates to rectangular coordinates, apply the following

$sintheta=y/r$

$costheta=x/r$

$tantheta=y/x$

and

$x^2+y^2=r^2$

Therefore,

$rsin^2theta=3costheta$

$<=>$ , $r*y^2/r^2=3x/r$

$<=>$ , $y^2=3x$

This is the equation of a parabola.

graph{(y^2-3x)=0 [-3.375, 16.625, -4.36, 5.64]}

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