Given the rectangular coordinates, (−3,0)(−3,0) , of a point, select all of the possible polar coordinates of that same point.Question 12Select one or more:a.(−3,2π)(−3,2𝜋)b.(3,−π)(3,−𝜋)c.(3,2π)(3,2𝜋)d.(−3,−π)(−3,−𝜋)e.(3,π)
Question
Given the rectangular coordinates, (−3,0)(−3,0) , of a point, select all of the possible polar coordinates of that same point.Question 12Select one or more:a.(−3,2π)(−3,2𝜋)b.(3,−π)(3,−𝜋)c.(3,2π)(3,2𝜋)d.(−3,−π)(−3,−𝜋)e.(3,π)
Solution
The polar coordinates of a point can be expressed in many ways. The polar coordinates are usually given as (r, θ), where r is the distance from the origin (or the pole) and θ is the angle from the positive x-axis (or polar axis).
Given the rectangular coordinates (-3,0), we can convert these to polar coordinates. The r value is the distance from the origin to the point, which can be calculated using the Pythagorean theorem as sqrt((-3)^2 + 0^2) = 3. The θ value is the angle from the positive x-axis to the point, which in this case is π (or 180 degrees) because the point lies on the negative x-axis.
So the polar coordinates of the point are (3, π). However, we can add any multiple of 2π to the angle and it will still refer to the same point. So (3, π + 2π) or (3, π - 2π) are also valid polar coordinates for the point.
Therefore, the correct answers are:
c. (3, 2π) e. (3, π)
Similar Questions
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Determine if the following statement makes sense:After plotting the point with rectangular coordinates (0,−4), a student found polar coordinates without having to show any work.Group of answer choicesThe statement does not make sense because the point (0,−4) is already in the form of the polar coordinates.The statement does not make sense because it is not possible to find the polar coordinates without using the formula for the polar representation.The statement does make sense because the point (0,−4) is represented the same way in polar coordinates.The statement does make sense because the coordinate of the rectangular 𝑥−coordinates is 0.
Convert (−1, −1) into polar coordinates. Select the correct answer below.
a. With the help of a sketch show that in polar computation given two-dimensionalcoordinates (N1,E1) of a point P1,and the distance L and bearing α of another point P2from P1,that the coordinates (N2,E2) of P2 are given by; (6 Marks)N2= N1 + L Cos α and E2= E1 + L Sin α
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