Coordiantes

Question 1

What do polar coordinates show?

Answer 1

r, θ

Question 2

What do cartesian coordinates show?

Answer 2

x, y

Question 3

How do you convert cartesian to polar?

Answer 3

using trigonometry to find the missing side and the angle of the triangle that x and y creates

Question 4

How do you convert negative cartesian coordinates to polar?

Answer 4

Figure out which quadrant the coordinate is in on a graph and add accordingly (x,y = no change, -x,y and -x,-y = add 180° to calculator value, x,-y = add 360° to calculator value)