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Curves defined using parametric equations have an orientation

true or false?

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Answer:

True

Explanation:

So this problem is asking whether Parametric because have an orientation and the short answer to that is that this is true. Parametric curves do have an orientation and we'll just do a little demonstration to share. Why? So let's take these very standard privatization of the unit circle where X is he going to cause of tea and why is equal to sign of tea now? The final part of defining the characterization is defining that the main range of tea on will take t to go from zero to two pi Andi, In this case, this is the this parts of circle going in this direction in the counter clockwise direction. And this is because as X as he goes from zero to play over two x decreases and signed increases on it sets us off on this direction as if that's one orientation off this curve of the circle. But we can alter this curve to get a different orientation. So if we were to take the Parametric equation given by X is equal to the co sign a minus T and why is equal to the sign of minus T in this case? Well again, take the domain to be from 0 to 2 pi. But because of the mind, the sign when it the mind sign doesn't actually affect X, it doesn't effect for co sign Well, it does affect the sign of minus T. So as T increases, the X value still decreases. But the Y value initially decreases as well, so this sets the arrows off on the clockwise direction. So this is another orientation off the same curve. So we've got two very different characterizations that describe the same physical curve. But because of the differences, the curve is constructed in opposite direction, and that is what the orientation defines. So it's very important to make sure that when you're drawing and describing the curve, you're parametric equations are in the correct orientation because otherwise you may encounter some difficulties later on. Because you'll be working with equation start that are, in fact, wrong

Thank you,

Eddie.

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