How do you change rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates?
1 Answer
Sep 10, 2014
You can use:
#r=sqrt{x^2+y^2}#
If
#theta=tan^{-1}(y/x)# .
If
#theta=tan^{-1}(y/x)+pi# .
You can use:
#r=sqrt{x^2+y^2}#
If
#theta=tan^{-1}(y/x)# .
If
#theta=tan^{-1}(y/x)+pi# .