Precalculus Examples

$x = 1$ , $y = \frac{1}{2} t$

Step 1

Set up the parametric equation for $x (t)$ to solve the equation for $t$ .

$x = 1$

Step 2

Replace $t$ in the equation for $y$ to get the equation in terms of $x$ .

$y = \frac{1}{2} t$

Step 3

Combine $\frac{1}{2}$ and $t$ .

$y = \frac{t}{2}$