Precalc hw help?!

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1 Answer
May 14, 2018

Option a would be the correct one.

Explanation:

The above equation is terms of t. The first thing we got to do is to remove this parameter. We know that #sec^2x=1+tan^x# So the above equation can be written as #y=1+x^2# or #y-1=x^2#.

Comparing it with the standard equation of parabola #x^2=4ay# .This represents a parabola with axis as the axis of symmetry and which is concave up.
Hence option a is correct.

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