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TRIG.130 Use symmetry and key angles to sketch polar graphs Worksheet

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This Trigonometry Math worksheet provides structured practice on TRIG.130 Use symmetry and key angles to sketch polar graphs. Students are guided through targeted exercises that build foundational understanding, computational accuracy, and critical thinking skills.

TRIG.130 Use symmetry and key angles to sketch polar graphs - Primary standard selected for prompt fields in this prompt cell: UTRI.PPC.1. Skill statement in this prompt cell: Select the symmetry that applies to a polar equation and choose an effective sketching strategy using key angles. Associated standards listed with this skill in this prompt cell: UTRI.PPC.1; FL MA.912.T.4.1-4.4. Use this prompt-provided wording as the supporting standard description for this workflow.

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Problem 1Difficulty: Mastery

For r = 3cos(2theta), a student has plotted theta=0, pi/8, and pi/4 for one half-petal. What should the student do next?

AStop, because those three points are the entire graph

BErase theta=pi/4 because zero radii are not useful

CSwitch to a sine-rose strategy with first petal from 0 to pi/2

DReflect across the polar axis to complete the petal, then use the rose's other axis and pole symmetries to finish the graph

Solution & Explanation:Those key angles describe half of the petal centered on the polar axis. Reflection and rotational symmetry complete the four-petal rose efficiently.

Problem 2Difficulty: Mastery

For r = 4 + 4sin(theta), which key-angle row best starts the sketch?

Atheta=0 gives r=8 and theta=pi gives r=0; use polar-axis symmetry

Btheta=pi/4 gives r=0 and theta=5pi/4 gives r=8

Ctheta=pi/2 gives r=8 and theta=3pi/2 gives r=0; use theta=pi/2 symmetry

DEvery angle gives r=4, so the graph is a circle

Solution & Explanation:For the plus-sine cardioid, the maximum occurs where sin(theta)=1, at theta=pi/2. The cusp occurs where sin(theta)=-1, at theta=3pi/2.

Problem 3Difficulty: Mastery

For r = 4 - 4cos(theta), which key-angle row best starts the sketch?

Atheta=0 gives r=8, theta=pi/2 gives r=4, and theta=pi gives r=0; reflect across theta=pi/2

Btheta=0 gives r=0, theta=pi/2 gives r=4, and theta=pi gives r=8; reflect across the polar axis

Ctheta=pi/4 gives r=0 and all other angles have radius 8

DNo key-angle table is needed because the graph is a rose

Solution & Explanation:The minus-cosine cardioid has a cusp at theta=0 and maximum radius at theta=pi. Cosine symmetry lets the upper and lower halves match.

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This worksheet is designed specifically for Trigonometry Math students. It aligns with educational standard UTRI.PPC.1 (Primary standard selected for prompt fields in this prompt cell: UTRI.PPC.1. Skill statement in this prompt cell: Select the symmetry that applies to a polar equation and choose an effective sketching strategy using key angles. Associated standards listed with this skill in this prompt cell: UTRI.PPC.1; FL MA.912.T.4.1-4.4. Use this prompt-provided wording as the supporting standard description for this workflow.).