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Ch.12 - Parametric and Polar Curves
Briggs - Calculus: Early Transcendentals 3rd Edition
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Capitolo 12, Problema 12.R.10a

10–12. Parametric curves
a. Eliminate the parameter to obtain an equation in x and y.
x = t² + 4, y = -t, for -2 < t < 0; (5, 1)

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Identify the given parametric equations: \(x = t^{2} + 4\) and \(y = -t\), with the parameter \(t\) in the interval \(-2 < t < 0\).
Express the parameter \(t\) in terms of \(y\) from the second equation: since \(y = -t\), then \(t = -y\).
Substitute \(t = -y\) into the first equation to eliminate the parameter: \(x = (-y)^{2} + 4\).
Simplify the expression: \(x = y^{2} + 4\).
Write the final Cartesian equation relating \(x\) and \(y\): \(x = y^{2} + 4\), which represents the curve without the parameter \(t\).

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