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Polar Coordinates Lesson 6.3
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Points on a Plane Rectangular coordinate system Represent a point by two distances from the origin Horizontal dist, Vertical dist Also possible to represent different ways Consider using dist from origin, angle formed with positive x-axis r θ (x, y) (r, θ)
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Plot Given Polar Coordinates Locate the following
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Find Polar Coordinates What are the coordinates for the given points? B A C D A = B = C = D =
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Converting Polar to Rectangular Given polar coordinates (r, θ) Change to rectangular By trigonometry x = r cos θ y = r sin θ Try = ( ___, ___ ) θ r x y
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Converting Rectangular to Polar Given a point (x, y) Convert to (r, θ) By Pythagorean theorem r 2 = x 2 + y 2 By trigonometry Try this one … for (2, 1) r = ______ θ = ______ θ r x y
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Polar Equations States a relationship between all the points (r, θ) that satisfy the equation Exampler = 4 sin θ Resulting values θ in degrees Note: for (r, θ) It is θ (the 2 nd element that is the independent variable Note: for (r, θ) It is θ (the 2 nd element that is the independent variable
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Graphing Polar Equations Set Mode on TI calculator Mode, then Graph => Polar Note difference of Y= screen
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Graphing Polar Equations Also best to keep angles in radians Enter function in Y= screen
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Graphing Polar Equations Set Zoom to Standard, then Square
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Try These! For r = A cos B θ Try to determine what affect A and B have r = 3 sin 2θ r = 4 cos 3θ r = 2 + 5 sin 4θ
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Polar Form Curves Limaçons r = B ± A cos θ r = B ± A sin θ
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Polar Form Curves Cardiods Limaçons in which a = b r = a (1 ± cos θ) r = a (1 ± sin θ)
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Polar Form Curves Rose Curves r = a cos (n θ) r = a sin (n θ) If n is odd → n petals If n is even → 2n petals a
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Polar Form Curves Lemiscates r 2 = a 2 cos 2θ r 2 = a 2 sin 2θ
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Intersection of Polar Curves Use all tools at your disposal Find simultaneous solutions of given systems of equations Symbolically Use Solve( ) on calculator Determine whether the pole (the origin) lies on the two graphs Graph the curves to look for other points of intersection
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Finding Intersections Given Find all intersections
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Assignment A Lesson 6.3A Page 384 Exercises 3 – 29 odd
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Area of a Sector of a Circle Given a circle with radius = r Sector of the circle with angle = θ The area of the sector given by θ r
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Area of a Sector of a Region Consider a region bounded by r = f(θ) A small portion (a sector with angle dθ) has area dθdθ α β
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Area of a Sector of a Region We use an integral to sum the small pie slices α β r = f(θ)
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Guidelines 1.Use the calculator to graph the region Find smallest value θ = a, and largest value θ = b for the points (r, θ) in the region 2.Sketch a typical circular sector Label central angle dθ 3.Express the area of the sector as 4.Integrate the expression over the limits from a to b
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Find the Area Given r = 4 + sin θ Find the area of the region enclosed by the ellipse dθdθ The ellipse is traced out by 0 < θ < 2π
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Areas of Portions of a Region Given r = 4 sin θ and rays θ = 0, θ = π/3 The angle of the rays specifies the limits of the integration
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Area of a Single Loop Consider r = sin 6θ Note 12 petals θ goes from 0 to 2π One loop goes from 0 to π/6
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Area Of Intersection Note the area that is inside r = 2 sin θ and outside r = 1 Find intersections Consider sector for a dθ Must subtract two sectors dθdθ
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Assignment B Lesson 6.3 B Page 384 Exercises 31 – 53 odd
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