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Given information

Given that the polar equation .

Step-by-step explanation

Step 1.

Consider the polar equation .  

A rose curve is a graph that is produced from a polar equation in the form of   where a ≠ 0 and   is an integer > 1.

They are called rose curves because the loops that are formed resemble petals. The number of petals that are present will depend on the value of  . The value of   will determine the length of the petals.

If   is an even integer, then the rose will have   petals.

If  is an odd integer, then the rose will have   petals. 

Therefore, the graph will be of 3 petals of rose curves.

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