Parametric Graphing

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Try it out by typing a parametric equation in the form (sin(t), cos(t)). Here's an example: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/ksjcpazwa9

 

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    Hiroshmendis

    thank for the help

     

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    Fabrice Neyret

    want to draw families of parametric curves ?

    try this  https://www.desmos.com/calculator/aqnnhw9dri

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    Fabrice Neyret

    Want to draw thick parametric curves ?

    try this  https://www.desmos.com/calculator/d2tqgiqgzv

     

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    Buzz Zu

    you can't put pi in tmin and max

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    Fabrice Neyret

    the answer was correct: he just meant one would like to write t in [-pi,pi] instead of [-3.14,3.14].

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    Sam Watson

    Can you do parametric polar equations? if so, how?

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    Kyle Hacker

    Would really like to be able to use variables to define t. Like I would like to have arctan(a)<t<arctan(b). If I want to draw an arc parametrically I want to be able to put in those two angles instead of restricting x and y with huge complicated expressions. If we could put expressions into t min and max that would be very helpful!

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    Neil Chowdhury

    :)

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    Hrinyaaw

    Can you trace a parametric curve?

     

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    Fabrice Neyret

    hum, what about reading the top of this page ? ;-)

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    Daniel Spychala

    Hrinyaaw- if you mean you would like to see a point on the curve traced out, I usually just copy and paste the parametric line, then changed all my "t"s to "a"s and add a slider for "a".  Then you can play the slider and the point will travel along the curve, "tracing" it.  See the following example: https://www.desmos.com/calculator/qkbzxqh6ev 

    Edited by Daniel Spychala
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