Precalculus Examples

$(11, \frac{- 2}{3})$

Step 1

Convert from rectangular coordinates $(x, y)$ to polar coordinates $(r, θ)$ using the conversion formulas.

$r = \sqrt{x^{2} + y^{2}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 2

Replace $x$ and $y$ with the actual values.

$r = \sqrt{{(11)}^{2} + {(\frac{- 2}{3})}^{2}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3

Find the magnitude of the polar coordinate.

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Step 3.1

Raise $11$ to the power of $2$ .

$r = \sqrt{121 + {(\frac{- 2}{3})}^{2}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.2

Move the negative in front of the fraction.

$r = \sqrt{121 + {(- \frac{2}{3})}^{2}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.3

Use the power rule ${(a b)}^{n} = a^{n} b^{n}$ to distribute the exponent.

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Step 3.3.1

Apply the product rule to $- \frac{2}{3}$ .

$r = \sqrt{121 + {(- 1)}^{2} {(\frac{2}{3})}^{2}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.3.2

Apply the product rule to $\frac{2}{3}$ .

$r = \sqrt{121 + {(- 1)}^{2} (\frac{2^{2}}{3^{2}})}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

$r = \sqrt{121 + {(- 1)}^{2} (\frac{2^{2}}{3^{2}})}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.4

Raise $- 1$ to the power of $2$ .

$r = \sqrt{121 + 1 (\frac{2^{2}}{3^{2}})}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.5

Multiply $\frac{2^{2}}{3^{2}}$ by $1$ .

$r = \sqrt{121 + \frac{2^{2}}{3^{2}}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.6

Raise $2$ to the power of $2$ .

$r = \sqrt{121 + \frac{4}{3^{2}}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.7

Raise $3$ to the power of $2$ .

$r = \sqrt{121 + \frac{4}{9}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.8

To write $121$ as a fraction with a common denominator, multiply by $\frac{9}{9}$ .

$r = \sqrt{121 \cdot \frac{9}{9} + \frac{4}{9}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.9

Combine $121$ and $\frac{9}{9}$ .

$r = \sqrt{\frac{121 \cdot 9}{9} + \frac{4}{9}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.10

Combine the numerators over the common denominator.

$r = \sqrt{\frac{121 \cdot 9 + 4}{9}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.11

Simplify the numerator.

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Step 3.11.1

Multiply $121$ by $9$ .

$r = \sqrt{\frac{1089 + 4}{9}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.11.2

Add $1089$ and $4$ .

$r = \sqrt{\frac{1093}{9}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

$r = \sqrt{\frac{1093}{9}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.12

Rewrite $\sqrt{\frac{1093}{9}}$ as $\frac{\sqrt{1093}}{\sqrt{9}}$ .

$r = \frac{\sqrt{1093}}{\sqrt{9}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.13

Simplify the denominator.

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Step 3.13.1

Rewrite $9$ as $3^{2}$ .

$r = \frac{\sqrt{1093}}{\sqrt{3^{2}}}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 3.13.2

Pull terms out from under the radical, assuming positive real numbers.

$r = \frac{\sqrt{1093}}{3}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

$r = \frac{\sqrt{1093}}{3}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

$r = \frac{\sqrt{1093}}{3}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{y}{x})$

Step 4

Replace $x$ and $y$ with the actual values.

$r = \frac{\sqrt{1093}}{3}$

$θ = t a n^{- 1} (\frac{\frac{- 2}{3}}{11})$

Step 5

The inverse tangent of $- \frac{2}{33}$ is $θ = 356.53177074 °$ .

$r = \frac{\sqrt{1093}}{3}$

$θ = 356.53177074 °$

Step 6

This is the result of the conversion to polar coordinates in $(r, θ)$ form.

$(\frac{\sqrt{1093}}{3}, 356.53177074 °)$