Mathematics A-Level
Parametric representation
What Parametric representation means in Mathematics A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Parametric representation
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Describes a curve using a third variable, usually t or θ, giving equations for x and y in terms of that variable.
Topics that use Parametric representation
- C: Coordinate geometry in the (x, y) plane (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Completing the square
- curve sketching
- Eliminating the parameter
- Gradients and intercepts
- Mathematical modelling
- Parallel and perpendicular lines
- Parameter
- parametric equations
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