How do you graph r=8?

1 Answer
Jul 24, 2017

Please see below.

Explanation:

In polar coordinate system, each point on a plane is determined by its distance from a reference point called origin (equivalent to (0,0) in Cartesian coordinates) and an angle, (say theta) from a reference direction, which is x-axis to the right of the origin.

The point is described as (r,theta) i.e. (r,theta) is a point which is at a distance of r from origin and and at aan angle theta to the postive side of x-axis.

The graph of r=8 represents points which are at a distance of 8 from te origin.

Hence, it represents a circle, with center at origin and radius 8. The graph appears as shown below.

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