Precalculus Examples

$(- \frac{5}{2}, - \frac{7 p}{2})$

Step 1

Use the conversion formulas to convert from polar coordinates to rectangular coordinates.

$x = r c o s θ$

$y = r s i n θ$

Step 2

Substitute in the known values of $r = - \frac{5}{2}$ and $θ = - \frac{7 p}{2}$ into the formulas.

$x = (- \frac{5}{2}) \cos (- \frac{7 p}{2})$

$y = (- \frac{5}{2}) \sin (- \frac{7 p}{2})$

Step 3

Since $\cos (- \frac{7 p}{2})$ is an even function, rewrite $\cos (- \frac{7 p}{2})$ as $\cos (\frac{7 p}{2})$ .

$x = - \frac{5}{2} \cdot \cos (\frac{7 p}{2})$

$y = (- \frac{5}{2}) \sin (- \frac{7 p}{2})$

Step 4

Combine $\cos (\frac{7 p}{2})$ and $\frac{5}{2}$ .

$x = - \frac{\cos (\frac{7 p}{2}) \cdot 5}{2}$

$y = (- \frac{5}{2}) \sin (- \frac{7 p}{2})$

Step 5

Move $5$ to the left of $\cos (\frac{7 p}{2})$ .

$x = - \frac{5 \cos (\frac{7 p}{2})}{2}$

$y = (- \frac{5}{2}) \sin (- \frac{7 p}{2})$

Step 6

Since $\sin (- \frac{7 p}{2})$ is an odd function, rewrite $\sin (- \frac{7 p}{2})$ as $- \sin (\frac{7 p}{2})$ .

$x = - \frac{5 \cos (\frac{7 p}{2})}{2}$

$y = - \frac{5}{2} \cdot (- \sin (\frac{7 p}{2}))$

Step 7

Multiply $- \frac{5}{2} (- \sin (\frac{7 p}{2}))$ .

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Step 7.1

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$x = - \frac{5 \cos (\frac{7 p}{2})}{2}$

$y = 1 (\frac{5}{2}) \cdot \sin (\frac{7 p}{2})$

Step 7.2

Multiply $\frac{5}{2}$ by $1$ .

$x = - \frac{5 \cos (\frac{7 p}{2})}{2}$

$y = \frac{5}{2} \cdot \sin (\frac{7 p}{2})$

Step 7.3

Combine $\frac{5}{2}$ and $\sin (\frac{7 p}{2})$ .

$x = - \frac{5 \cos (\frac{7 p}{2})}{2}$

$y = \frac{5 \sin (\frac{7 p}{2})}{2}$

$x = - \frac{5 \cos (\frac{7 p}{2})}{2}$

$y = \frac{5 \sin (\frac{7 p}{2})}{2}$

Step 8

The rectangular representation of the polar point $(- \frac{5}{2}, - \frac{7 p}{2})$ is $(- \frac{5 \cos (\frac{7 p}{2})}{2}, \frac{5 \sin (\frac{7 p}{2})}{2})$ .

$(- \frac{5 \cos (\frac{7 p}{2})}{2}, \frac{5 \sin (\frac{7 p}{2})}{2})$