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Illuminations: Heart Graph

How do I love thee?  Let me graph the ways!

Can you come up with one or more equations to graph a heart on the coordinate plane? The equations can be rectangular, polar, or parametric.

Bonus: Can you shift your heart so the graph or its interior includes the point (2, 14)?

This brainteaser was written by Julia Zurkovsky.


Math Topics
Algebra & Pre-Algebra, Functions & Graphs
High School
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade
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Illuminations: Heart Graph

How do I love thee?  Let me graph the ways!

Can you come up with one or more equations to graph a heart on the coordinate plane? The equations can be rectangular, polar, or parametric.

Bonus: Can you shift your heart so the graph or its interior includes the point (2, 14)?

This brainteaser was written by Julia Zurkovsky.


Math Topics
Algebra & Pre-Algebra, Functions & Graphs
High School
9th Grade, 10th Grade, 11th Grade
Descriptions of PDFs

Problem and solution

What are you looking for?

Organization

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Website URL

Type of Resource

Activity Sheet
PDF File

Assigned Categories