Chapter 08 Section 01 Intro to Polar Coordinates

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Section 8.1 Polar Coordinates

Objectives : 

Objectives Learn to plot points using the polar coordinate system. Convert between polar coordinates and rectangular coordinates

Objective 1 : 

Objective 1 Plotting points using polar coordinates

What if r is negative? : 

What if r is negative?

Now you try! : 

Plot the point Now you try!

Representing the same point multiple ways : 

Representing the same point multiple ways How else can you represent ? Can you do it using a negative r value?

Objective 2A : 

Objective 2A Converting from Polar Coordinates to Rectangular Coordinates

Converting Polar to Rectangular : 

Converting Polar to Rectangular

Conversion Example : 

Conversion Example Find the rectangular coordinates corresponding to:

Your turn : 

Your turn Find the rectangular coordinates corresponding to

Objective 2B : 

Objective 2B Converting from Rectangular Coordinates to Polar Coordinates

Converting Rectangular to Polar : 

Converting Rectangular to Polar Lets convert (2, -2) to its polar equivalent. Consider the two components we need for polar coordinates We need an r And we need an angle  But what is r? Its just a radius right? Why not just use Pythagorean Theorem to find it?

Converting Rectangular to Polar : 

Converting Rectangular to Polar So, to find r, we use: Now, what about theta?

Converting Rectangular to Polar : 

Converting Rectangular to Polar

Special Cases : 

Special Cases What happens if x = 0 ? Well, we could use another inverse trig ratio since we will still have y and r. Or…. We could just realize that we must be on the y axis and simply decide which direction to go in (positive or negative). How do we know what quadrant we are in? Remember to look at the (x, y) values!

Summary : 

Summary