What are the components of the vector between the origin and the polar coordinate (3, pi/3)?
1 Answer
Feb 14, 2016
((3/2),(3/2 sqrt3))
Explanation:
using the formulae that links Polar to Cartesian coordinates.
• x = rcostheta
• y = rsintheta here : r = 3 and
theta = pi/3 hence x
= 3cos(pi/3) = 3 xx 1/2 = 3/2 and
y = 3sin(pi/3) = 3 xxsqrt3/2 = 3/2 sqrt3
