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Find a parameterization for the curve.The ellipse of major diameter 6 along the $x$ -axis and minor diameter 4 along the $y$ -axis, centered at the origin.
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One common way to parameterize an ellipse is to use the sine and cosine functions. We can write: Show more…
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