Rectangular and Polar Coordinates
- Author:
- AndraB
- Topic:
- Coordinates
Click and drag on point A to see the changing polar and rectangular coordinates.
How do the rectangular coordinates reference exactly where the point is on the plane? How do the polar coordinates?
If you were only given the rectangular coordinates, could you find the polar coordinates? How?
If you were given only Polar coordinates, could you find the rectangular coordinates? How?