PARAMETRIC EQUATIONS Graphing Plane Curves (Page 12 of 12)

A standard viewing window should be sufficient.

ZOOM key. 6: menu selection. Calculator screen image.

Notice that the asymptotes are drawn as well when the calculator is in connected mode. Although not part of the graph, they are helpful in visualizing the behavior of the hyperbola.

One of the nice features of graphing a conic section as a plane curve is that the graph is a single curve instead of two separate functions, and the graph does not have the gaps that often result in function mode.

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