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Example Question #11 : Convert Polar Equations To Rectangular Form And Vice Versa
Convert the polar equation into rectangular form.
Start by multiplying both sides by .
Now, isolate the to one side.
Square both sides.
Recall that and that .
Example Question #12 : Convert Polar Equations To Rectangular Form And Vice Versa
Convert the polar equation into rectangular form:
Recall that
Now, substitute in that value into the given equation.
Multiply both sides by to get rid of the fraction.
Remember that
The rectangular form of this equation is then
Example Question #13 : Convert Polar Equations To Rectangular Form And Vice Versa
What would be the rectangular equation form for the polar equation ?
To convert from polar coordinates to rectangular coordinates, know that r is the hypotenuse of a right triangle with legs x and y, so .
The cosine of theta is this triangle's adjacent side over the hypotenuse r, so . Making these substitutions into we get:
square the right side to simplify
square both sides to remove the radical
multiply both sides by the right denominator
take both sides to the power
subtract from both sides
take the square root
Example Question #14 : Convert Polar Equations To Rectangular Form And Vice Versa
Which is equivalent to in rectangular form?
To convert from polar form to rectangular form, substitute in , , and . Equivalently, and :
Substituting these into the original polar equation, we get:
multiply the second two fractions
now multiply these fractions
square both sides
multiply both sides by the denominator
Example Question #15 : Convert Polar Equations To Rectangular Form And Vice Versa
Write the equation in rectangular form
To convert to rectangular form, it is easiest to first multiply both sides by r:
Now we can make the substitutions and :
We want to solve for y, so subtract x squared from both sides:
now take the square root of both sides
Example Question #16 : Convert Polar Equations To Rectangular Form And Vice Versa
Convert to rectangular form
First, multiply both sides by the denominator:
multiply both sides by r
Now we can make the substitutions and :
subtract y from both sides
square both sides
subtract y squared from both sides
we are trying to get this in the form of y=, so subtract from both sides
divide both sides by
simplify
or
Example Question #11 : Polar Coordinates
Convert the equation to rectangular form
First, multiply both sides by the denominator:
multiply both sides by r
To convert, make the substitutions , , and
subtract y from both sides
square both sides
subtract y squared from both sides
we want to get y by itself, so subtract from both sides
divide both sides by
Example Question #18 : Convert Polar Equations To Rectangular Form And Vice Versa
Which rectangular equation is equivalent to ?
First multiply both sides by the denominator:
multiply both sides by r
distribute
Now we can make the substitutions , and :
distribute
combine like terms
subtract 2 x squared from both sides
We want to complete the square on the right, so factor our the -2:
to complete the square, add inside the parentheses. This multiplied by the -2 outside the parentheses is , so this means we're actually subtracting from both sides:
add and to both sides:
multiply both sides by 8
Example Question #19 : Convert Polar Equations To Rectangular Form And Vice Versa
Which is the rectangular form for ?
First multiply both sides by the right denominator:
multiply both sides by r
distribute
Now we can start to convet to rectangular by making the substitutions , , and :
combine like terms:
subtract y from both sides, and re-order this in decending order of powers of y:
this is a quadratic, so we can use the quadratic equation to get y by itself:
The answer choice that works is
Example Question #20 : Convert Polar Equations To Rectangular Form And Vice Versa
Write the equation for in rectangular form
Multiply both sides by the right denominator:
multiply both sides by r
Now we can substitute in and to start converting to rectangular form:
subtract x from both sides
square both sides
multiply both sides by 4
subtract x squared from both sides
take the square root of both sides
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