Polar Coordinates (Non-Calculus)

Tim Brzezinski, Oct 29, 2015

Table of Contents

  1. Polar Coordinates
    1. Polar Coordinates: Introduction
    2. Writing Equivalent Polar Coordinates: Quiz
    3. Battleship: Polar Coordinate Style!
    4. Polar Function Grapher
  2. Older Versions
    1. Polar Function Grapher

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Polar Coordinates

  • 1. Polar Coordinates: Introduction
  • 2. Writing Equivalent Polar Coordinates: Quiz
  • 3. Battleship: Polar Coordinate Style!
  • 4. Polar Function Grapher

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Polar Coordinates: Introduction

[color=#000000][br]Slide the [b]black slider [/b](lower right corner in the app below) to illustrate how polar coordinates [math]\left(r,\theta\right)[/math] are plotted. [/color]
This app illustrates how to plot points written in POLAR FORM (r, θ). Interact with this app for a few minutes. Then answer the questions on the paper you received in class.
– Tim Brzezinski

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Older Versions

  • 1. Polar Function Grapher

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Polar Function Grapher

The following applet serves as a polar function grapher. Simply enter the polar function in the upper left hand corner. (You'll need to replace all your "theta" with "t" when entering your function. The green slider below starts from t = 0 and goes to t = 4pi.
– Tim Brzezinski

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