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How do I show that the polar curve r = 4 + 2 sec(theta) has the line x = 2 as a vertical asymptote by showing that lim r->+/1 infinity of x = 2? (That is, the limit of x as r goes to positive or negative infinity).

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The thing is that you have to check what happens on both sides of x=2.

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