Polar Coordinates

Drag the point and observe the rectangular and polar coordinate representations.

Notice the relationship between the two: x = r*cos(theta) and y = r*sin(theta).

Also notice that this is but one possible polar representation of the point!

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Dave Matthews, April 9, 2007, Created with GeoGebra