Re: Can I plot y=f(x) and x=f(y) on the same chart?
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- Subject: [mg105538] Re: Can I plot y=f(x) and x=f(y) on the same chart?
- From: Helen Read <hpr at together.net>
- Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 02:00:49 -0500 (EST)
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Murray Eisenberg wrote:
> Tyler Shim wrote:
>> I have two functions. Lets say one is y = 3x^5+7x^2-7 and the other is
>> x = 2y^8-5y^7-y
>>
>> How can I plot them on the same chart?
>>
>
> Here's one slightly devious way:
>
> ParametricPlot[{{x,3x^5+7x^2-7},{2x^8-5x^7-x,x}},{x,-1,1}]
>
> Notice the renaming of the parameter from "y" to "x" in the second one
> so as to fit both within the same ParametricPlot, controlled by a single
> parameter.
I wouldn't consider that "devious" -- but the notation is confusing. I
would suggest using a new parameter such as t, as other posters have
suggested.
y[t_]=3t^5+7t^2-7
x[t_]=2t^8-5t^7-t
ParametricPlot[{{x[t], t}, {t, y[t]}}, {t, -1, 1}]
--
Helen Read
University of Vermont
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- Can I plot y=f(x) and x=f(y) on the same chart?
- From: Tyler Shim <tyler.shim@gmail.com>
- Can I plot y=f(x) and x=f(y) on the same chart?