GOALS:
Usingpolarcoordinatescansimplifycomplicatedrectangular
equations.Studentswillconvertfromrectangulartopolar
andviceversa.
ThePoleisthepointO,theorigin.
PolarAxisthehorizontalrayfromOpole(origin)to
theright.
PolarCoordinatesofeachpointintheplane
r=DirecteddistancefromOtoP.
=Directedangleinacounterclockwisedirection
frompolaraxistoOP.
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A.
EX#1:Plotthepointswiththegivenpolarcoordinates.
A.
C.
B.
D.
EX#2:Plotthepoint
Findthreeadditionalpolarrepresentationsofthis
pointon
or
B.Writetherestofthepossibilities:
Coordinate Conversion
Thepolarcoordinatesarerelatedtothe
rectangularcoordinatesasfollows:
EX#3:Findtherectangularcoordinatesofthepointswith
thegivenpolarcoordinates.Useand
A.
B.
Converting Rectangular to
Polar Coordinates
EX#4:Findtwopolarcoordinatepairsforthepointswith
givenrectangularcoordinates.
Use:and
Plotthepointsonbothcoordinategrids.
A.
B.
Ex#5A:Convertr=4torectangularformandidentify
thegraph.Supportyouranswerwithapolargraphing
utility.
Ex#5B:
Ex#5C:
EX#6:Convert
topolarform.
EX#7:FindingDistanceUsingPolarCoordinates
Radardetectstwoairplanesatthesamealtitude.Their
polarcoordinatesareand
Howfarapartaretheairplanes?
UsetheLawofCosines:
EXITTICKET:
1.Whataretherectangularcoordinatesfor
2.Findthepolarcoordinatesforthepoint
3.Converttorectangularform.Identifythegraph.
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