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College Trigonometry, 2011a

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1052 Applications of <strong>Trigonometry</strong><br />

positive y-coordinates. To better explain this behavior, we eliminate the parameter. Using a<br />

reciprocal identity, we write y = csc(t) = 1<br />

sin(t)<br />

.Sincex =sin(t), the curve traced out by this<br />

parametrization is a portion of the graph of y = 1 x<br />

. We now can explain the unusual behavior<br />

as t → 0 + and t → π − – for these values of t, we are hugging the vertical asymptote x =0of<br />

the graph of y = 1 x<br />

. We see that the parametrization given above traces out the portion of<br />

y = 1 x<br />

for 0

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