Cartesian and polar coordinate systems
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- Josh Dimick
There is more than one way to determine the location of a point. See both Cartesian and Polar coordinate systems.
1. What information do Cartesian coordinates give?
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2. How is the point location determined using polar coordinates?
3. What is r? What is ?