Which quadrant is #(-4, -11pi/6)# in?
1 Answer
Quadrant
Explanation:
To find a point
Rotating negative radians counterclockwise is the same as rotating the same number clockwise. Thus, as
rotating
However, similarly, extending a negative value is the same as extending a positive value in the opposite direction. Thus the resulting arrow will be in quadrant
Alternatively, you could note that to convert from polar coordinates to rectangular, we let
Then here,
and