Sec theta = 2 to rectangular coordinates??

1 Answer
Feb 26, 2018

See below.

Explanation:

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Identity.

color(red)bb(secx=1/cosx)

1/cos(theta)=2

cos(theta)=1/2

theta=arccos(cos(theta))=arccos(1/2)=>theta=pi/3, (5pi)/3

For:

0<=theta<=2pi

From the above diagram, we can see that:

x=rcos(theta)

y=rsin(theta)

So coordinates will be:

(rcos(pi/3),rsin(pi/3))

(rcos((5pi)/3),rsin((5pi)/3))

Without knowing the radius we can't go any further than this.

If this is on a unit circle then the radius is 1 and:

cos(pi/3)=1/2 , sin(pi/3)=sqrt(3)/2

cos((5pi)/3)=1/2 , sin((5pi)/3)=-sqrt(3)/2

Coordinates:

(1/2,sqrt(3)/2) , (1/2 , -sqrt(3)/2)