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The rectangular coordinates of a point are given. Find polar coordinates for the point.

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The rectangular coordinates of a point are given. Find polar coordinates for the point.

(√3, 1)
asked Jan 29, 2015 in PRECALCULUS by anonymous

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Step 1 :

Conversion from rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates :  

If is a point with rectangular coordinates , the polar coordinates of P  are given by

and

Step 2 :

The point is

Conversion to polar coordinates :

Substitute image and in r.

image 

Substitute image and in

image  

The polar coordinates of the point image is image

Solution :

The polar coordinates of the point image is image

answered Jan 29, 2015 by Thomas Apprentice
edited Jan 29, 2015 by Thomas

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