Re: Polar forms of equations

From: Virgil <Virgil@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 17:44:33 -0600

In article
<08372320-afab-43db-94a7-964659e37907@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
g <gcookeng@xxxxxx> wrote:

What is the polar coordinate equation for a straight line thru the
origin in rectangular coordinates?
( i.e Y=m*X )

'Y = m* X' becomes 'R*sin(Theta) = m*R*cos(Theta)'

Which, for R <> 0, simplifies to 'sin(Theta) = m*cos(Theta)'

Which simplifies to 'Theta = constant'
.

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