How do you convert 9=(5x+y)^2-2y+x9=(5x+y)22y+x into polar form?

1 Answer
May 14, 2018

r=9/(r(5costheta+sintheta)^2-2sintheta+costheta)r=9r(5cosθ+sinθ)22sinθ+cosθ

Explanation:

For this we will need:
x=rcosthetax=rcosθ
y=rsinthetay=rsinθ

Substituting these equations gives us:
9=(5rcostheta+rsintheta)^2-2rsintheta+rcostheta9=(5rcosθ+rsinθ)22rsinθ+rcosθ

9=r^2(5costheta+sintheta)^2-2rsintheta+rcostheta9=r2(5cosθ+sinθ)22rsinθ+rcosθ

9=r(r(5costheta+sintheta)^2-2sintheta+costheta)9=r(r(5cosθ+sinθ)22sinθ+cosθ)

r=9/(r(5costheta+sintheta)^2-2sintheta+costheta)r=9r(5cosθ+sinθ)22sinθ+cosθ