Consider the polar equation

(a) Find the eccentricity and an equation of the directrix of the conic.
(b) Identify the conic.
(c) Sketch the curve. >


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Find the area of the region under the curve  over the indicated interval. ? ? __________ sq units

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Simplify.

A. 15 B. does not exist as a real number C. 16 D. 112

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A. 0.597 B. 0.14 C. 0.183 D. 0.817

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