Express( 4,-4)in polar coordinates?
1 Answer
May 5, 2018
Explanation:
Rectangular
- Find
#r# (radius) using#r = sqrt(x^2 + y^2)# - Find
#theta# by finding the reference angle:#tantheta = y/x# and use this to find the angle in the correct quadrant
Now we find the value of
To determine which one it is, we have to look at our coordinate
As you can see, it is in the fourth quadrant. Our
From
Hope this helps!