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PARAMETRIC
EQUATIONS

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ALGEBRAIC
ELIMINATIONS

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Question 1
Find a Cartesian equation for each of the following parametric relationships.

a) x = t + 1, y = 4 − 3t , t ∈»

b) x = 2t + 1, y = 3t − 2, t ∈»

2
c) x = , y = 2t − 1, t ∈ », t ≠ 0
t

d) x = 2t + 1, y = t 2 − 1, t∈»

4
y = 7 − 3 x , 3x − 2 y = 7 , y = −1 , ( x − 1)2 = 4 ( y + 1)
x

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Question 2
Find a Cartesian equation for each of the following parametric relationships.

a) x = 2t − 1, y = 4 − 3t , t∈»

1
b) x = 2t − 1, y= , t ∈ », t ≠ −1
t +1

c) x = t 2 , y = 2t 3 , t ∈»

1 t 1
d) x = , y= , t ∈ », t≠
4t − 1 4t − 1 4

2
3x + 2 y = 5 , y = , y 2 = 4 x3 , y = 1 ( x + 1)
x+3 4

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Question 3
Find a Cartesian equation for each of the following parametric relationships.

a) x = 1 − 4t 2 , y = 1 + 2t , t∈»

2
b) x = 3 − 4t , y = 1+ , t∈» t≠0
t

c) x = t + 2, y = ln ( t − 1) , t ∈» t >1

d) x = et −1, y = t + 7, t ∈»

8
x = 2 y − y2 , y = 1 − , y = ln ( x − 3) , y = 8 + ln x
x −3

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Question 4
Find a Cartesian equation for each of the following parametric expressions.

t3
a) x = t 2 − 1, y= , t ∈»
5

b) x = t + 1, y = t − 1, t ∈ », t ≥ 0

c) x = 3t − 1, y = ( t − 2 )( t + 1) , t ∈»

1
d) x = , y = t2, t ∈ », t ≠ 2
t−2

2
2 3 2  2x +1
25 y = ( x + 1) , y = x − 2 x , 9 y = ( x − 5 )( x + 4 ) , y =  
 x 

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Question 5
Find a Cartesian equation for each of the following parametric equations.

1
a) x = 4t + 3, y = − 1, t ∈ », t ≠ 0
2t

2
b) x = 3 − 4t , y= + 1, t ∈ », t ≠ 0
t

1 1
c) x = , y= , t ∈ », t ≠ 1, −2
t −1 t+2

t t 1
d) x = , y= , t ∈ », t ≠ −1,
2t − 1 t +1 2

2 x − 11 x x
y= −1 , y= , y= , y=
x −3 x −3 1 + 3x 3x − 1

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Question 6
Find a Cartesian equation for each of the following parametric expressions.

a) x = 1 − 3t , y = 1 + 2t 3 , t ∈»

1 t 3
b) x = , y= , t ∈ », t ≠
2t − 3 2t − 3 2

2 t 5
c) x = , y= , t ∈ », t ≠ 4, t ≠
2t − 5 4−t 2

d) x = t + et , y = t − et , t∈»

3 5x + 2 1 x+ y
( )
y = 1 + 2 (1 − x ) , 2 y − 3 x = 1 , y = , x − y = 2e 2
27 3x − 2

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Question 7
Find a Cartesian equation for each of the following parametric expressions.

1 1
a) x = t + , y=t− , t ∈ », t ≠ 0
t t

1 1
b) x = t 2 + , y = t2 − , t ∈ », t ≠ 0
t t

1 1
c) x = 3t + 2
, y = 3t − , t ∈ », t ≠ 0
t t2

1− t2 2t
d) x = 2
, y= , t ∈»
1+ t 1+ t2

x2 − y 2 = 4 , ( x + y )( x − y )2 = 8 , ( x − y )( x + y )2 = 72 , x2 + y 2 = 1

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Question 8
Find a Cartesian equation for each of the following parametric equations.

1 1
a) x = t − 3
, y = − t3 , t ∈ », t ≠ 0
t t

4t 1 − 3t 2
b) x = , y= , t ∈»
1+ t2 1+ t2

1 1 1 1
c) x = + 2 , y= − 2 , t ∈ », t ≠ 0
t t t t

t2 2t
d) x = 3
, y= , t ∈ » , t ≠ −1
1+ t 1+ t3

2
( y 2 − x2 ) 2
+ x3 y 3 = 0 , x 2 + ( y + 1) = 4 , ( x + y )2 = 2 ( x − y ) , y 3 + 8 x3 = 4 xy

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TRIGONOMETRIC
ELIMINATIONS

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Question 1
Find a Cartesian equation for each of the following parametric relationships.

a) x = 5cos t , y = 5sin t , 0 ≤ t < 2π

b) x = 1 + 2cos θ , y = 2 + sin θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

c) x = 2 tan θ , y = cos θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

d) x = cos t , y = cosec t , 0 ≤ t < 2π

e) x = tan θ , y = sin θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

f) x = cos θ , y = cos 2θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

1
g) x = cos 2θ , y = 2sin θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π
2

h) x = cos t , y = sin 2t , 0 ≤ t < 2π

4 1 x2
x 2 + y 2 = 25 , ( x − 1)2 + 4 ( y − 2 )2 = 4 , y2 = , y2 = , y2 = ,
4 + x2 1 − x2 1 + x2

(
y = 2 x2 − 1 , y 2 = 2 − 4 x , y 2 = 4 x2 1 − x2 )

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Question 2
Find a Cartesian equation for each of the following parametric relationships.

a) x = 2cos t , y = 2sin t , 0 ≤ t < 2π

b) x = 4 + 3cos t , y = −2 + 3sin t , 0 ≤ t < 2π

c) x = 4 + cos t , y = 2sin t , 0 ≤ t < 2π

d) x = sin t , y = sec t , 0 ≤ t < 2π

1
x2 + y2 = 4 , ( x − 4 )2 + ( y + 2 )2 = 9 2
, 4 ( x − 4) + y2 = 4 , y2 =
1 − x2

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Question 3
Eliminate θ to obtain a Cartesian equation for the following parametric equations.

a) x = tan θ , y = secθ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

b) x = 2sin θ , y = 3cosecθ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

c) x = sin θ , y = sec2 θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

d) x = cos θ , y = tan 2 θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

6 1 1
y 2 = x2 + 1 , y = , y= 2
, y = 2 −1
x 1− x x

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Question 4
Eliminate the parameter θ to obtain a Cartesian equation for each of the following
parametric equations.

a) x = sin θ , y = tan 2 θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

b) x = 2secθ , y = sin 2 θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

c) x = 3cos θ , y = 2cot θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

1
d) x = cos θ , y = 2 cos 2θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π
2

x2 4 4 x2
y=
1− x 2
, y = 1−
x 2
, y2 =
9− x 2 ( )
, y = 2 8x2 − 1

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Question 5
Find a Cartesian equation for each of the following parametric relationships.

a) x = 2sin 2 θ , y = cot θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

b) x = 2sin θ , y = cos 2θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

c) x = 2cos θ , y = 6 cos 2θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

d) x = 2cos θ , y = 6sin 2θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

2− x
y2 =
x 2 (
, y = 1 − 1 x 2 , y = 3x 2 − 6 , y 2 = 9 x 2 4 − x 2 )

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Question 6
Eliminate the parameter θ to obtain a Cartesian equation for each of the following
parametric equations.

a) x = sin 2 θ , y = sin 2θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

b) x = sin θ + cos θ , y = sin θ − cos θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

c) x = cos 2θ , y = tan θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

d) x = tan θ , y = 2sin 2θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

1− x 4x
y 2 = 4 x (1 − x ) , x 2 + y 2 = 2 , y 2 = , y=
1+ x 1 + x2

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Question 7
Eliminate the parameter θ to obtain a Cartesian equation for each of the following
parametric expressions.

a) x = sin θ cos θ , y = 4cos 2 θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

b) x = sin 2θ , y = cot θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

c) x = sin 2 θ , y = tan 2θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

d) x = cosecθ − sin θ , y = secθ − cos θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π

4 x (1 − x ) 3
16 x 2 = y ( 4 − y ) , y ( 2 − xy ) = x , y 2 =
(1 − 2 x )2
( 2 2
, y 2 x2 x 3 + y 3 ) =1

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PARAMETRIC
ALGEBRA

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Question 1
Find the x and y intercepts for each pair of parametric equations.

a) x = 2t + 1, y = 2t + 6 , t ∈»

b) x = t 2 , y = ( t + 1)( t + 2 ) , t ∈»

t −1 2t
c) x = , y= , t ∈ », t ≠ −1
t +1 t2 +1

( 0,5 ) & ( −5,0 ) , ( 0, 2 ) & ( 4,0 ) , (1, 0 ) , ( 0,1) & ( −1, 0 )

Question 2
A curve is defined by the following parametric equations

x = 4at 2 , y = a ( 2t + 1) , t ∈ » .

where a is non zero constant.

Given the curves passes through the point A ( 4,0 ) , find the value of a .

a=4

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Question 3
A curve is given by the parametric equations

x = 2t 2 − 1 , y = 3 ( t + 1) , t ∈ » .

Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of this curve and the line with
equation

3x − 4 y = 3 .

(17,12 ) & (1,0 )

Question 4
The curve C1 has Cartesian equation

x2 + y2 = 9 x − 4 .

The curve C2 has parametric equations

x = t2, y = 2t , t ∈».

Find the coordinates of the points of intersection of C1 and C2 .

( 4, 4 ) , ( 4, −4 ) , (1, 2 ) , (1, −2 )

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Question 5
The curve with Cartesian equation xy = 3 is also traced by the following parametric
equations

4tp 4
x= , y= , t, p ∈ » , t ≠ p
t+ p t+ p

where t and p are parameters.

Find the relationship between the two parameters t and p in the form p = f ( t ) .

p = 3t or p = 13 t

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PARAMETRIC
DIFFERENTIATION

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Question 1
A curve is given parametrically by the equations

x = 1 − cos 2θ , y = sin 2θ , 0 ≤ θ < 2π .

π
The point P lies on this curve, and the value of θ at that point is .
6

Show that an equation of the normal at the point P is given by

y + 3x = 3 .

proof

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Question 2
A curve is given parametrically by the equations

2
x= , y = t 2 − 1, t ∈ » , t ≠ 0 .
t

The point P ( 4, y ) lies on this curve.

Show that an equation of the tangent at the point P is given by

x + 8y + 2 = 0 .

proof

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Question 3
A curve is given parametrically by the equations

x = 3t − 2sin t , y = t 2 + t cos t , 0 ≤ t < 2π .

π
Show that an equation of the tangent at the point on the curve where t = is given by
2

π
y= ( x + 2) .
6

proof

Question 4
Find the turning points of the curve given parametrically by the equations

x = 1 − cos 2t , y = sin 2t , 0 ≤ t < 2π .

Determine the nature of these turning points.

max (1,1) , min (1, −1)

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Question 5
A curve is given parametrically by the equations

x = 3sin 2θ , y = 4 cos 2θ , 0 ≤ θ ≤ 2π .

3 π
The point P is such so that cos θ = with 0 ≤ θ ≤ .
5 2

Show that an equation of the tangent at the point P is

32 x − 7 y = 100 .

proof

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Question 6
For the curve given parametrically by

t t2
x= , y= , t ∈ », t ≠ 1 ,
1− t 1− t

find the coordinates of the turning points and determine their nature.

max ( −2, −4 ) , min ( 0,0 )

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Question 7
A curve is given parametrically by the equations

2t 1− t2
x= , y= , t ∈» .
1+ t2 1+ t2

 2 2
The point P  ,  lies on this curve.
 2 2 

Show that an equation of the tangent at the point P is given by

x+ y = 2 .

proof

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