Parametric Equations
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Parametric equations are a set of equations that together express a set of quantities as explicit functions of a number of independent variables, which are known as parameters.
Parametric equations is a high school-level concept that would be first encountered in a pre-calculus course.
Examples
| Curve: | A curve is a continuous map from a one-dimensional space to an n-dimensional space. Loosely speaking, the word "curve" is often used to mean the function graph of a two- or three-dimensional curve. |
| Plane Curve: | A plane curve is a curve that lies in a single plane. A plane curve may be closed or open. |