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California Content Standards
Grades 8-12
Trigonometry
16.0 Students represent equations given in rectangular coordinates in terms of polar coordinates.

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Lessons (1)

Polar Coordinates

Introduces students to graphing in the Polar coordinate plane

Audiences: Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Calculus, Trigonometry

Related Topics: calculus, coordinate plane, coordinate system, cosine, data plot, graph, polar coordinates, pre-calculus, sine, tangent, trigonometry

Activities (1)

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Polar Coordinates

This activity allows the user to explore the polar coordinate system. The applet is similar to GraphIt, but instead allows users to explore the representation of a function in the polar coordinate system.

Audiences: Grades 9-12, Undergraduate

Primary Subjects: Algebra, Calculus, Graphs, Trigonometry

Related Topics: calculus, coordinate plane, coordinate system, cosine, data plot, graph, polar coordinates, pre-calculus, sine, tangent, trigonometry