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parametric equations

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plural noun

  1. a set of equations expressing a number of quantities as explicit functions of the same set of independent variables and equivalent to some direct functional relationship of these quantities

    a circle x²+y²=r² has parametric equations x=r cos θ and y=r sin θ in terms of the parameters r and θ

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There is no single point that satisfies the parametric equations for L1 and L2 simultaneously.

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Figure 1.20 Tangent line to the parabola described by the given parametric equations when t = 2.

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Figure 1.17 Graph of the parabola described by parametric equations in part a.

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Figure 1.5 Graph of the plane curve described by the parametric equations in part b.

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Find the intersection point of the x-axis with the line of parametric equations x = 10 + t, y = 2 − 2t, z = −3 + 3t, t ∈ ℝ .

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