How do you convert (-2, 7pi/3) to rectangular form?

1 Answer
Mar 13, 2016

=x=-1and y= -sqrt3

Explanation:

If Cartesian or rectangular coordinate of a point be (x,y)
and its polar polar coordinate be (r,theta)

then x=rcostheta and y= rsintheta
here r=-2 and theta =7pi/3
:.
x=-2cos(7pi/3) and y= -2sin(7pi/3)
=x=-2cos(2pi+pi/3) and y= -2sin(2pi+pi/3)
=x=-2cos(pi/3) and y= -2sin(pi/3)
=x=-2*1/2and y= -2*sqrt3/2
=x=-1and y= -sqrt3