Particle P travels on an elliptical path, as shown above. The equation for an ellipse in polar form is provided above, with the origin of the polar coordinates at point O. The animation below shows ...
Sketch the graph of the ellipse \(\ds \frac{x^2 ... without deriving it.) Convert the polar coordinates equation given above to a cartesian coordinates equation of the form \(Ax^2+Bx+Cy^2+Dy=E\text{.} ...