How do you find the polar equation for #x^2=12#?

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How do you find the polar equation for #x^2=12#?

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Answer 1 · 2016-07-22T05:59:09

#r^2=12sec^2theta#

Explanation:

Relation between polar coordinates #(r,theta)# and rectangular coordinates is given by #x=rcostheta#, #y=rsintheta#, #r^2=x^2+y^2# and #tantheta=y/x#.

Hence #x^2=12# can be written as #r^2cos^2theta=12#

or #r^2=12sec^2theta#

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