How do you convert #y = 4x# to polar form?
1 Answer
Feb 18, 2016
# tantheta = 4#
Explanation:
using the formulae that links Cartesian to Polar coordinates.
#• x = rcostheta #
#• y = rsintheta # hence :
#rsintheta = 4rcostheta # divide both sides by r :
# 4costheta = sintheta rArr tantheta = 4 #
