This recording explains the relationship between Polar and Cartesian coordinates of a 2D curve. An example is then given of converting a polar equation into Cartesian form and an example is given of converting a Cartesian equation into polar form.

Polar and cartesian curves (MathsCasts)

These MathsCasts were produced by the mathematics support centres at Swinburne University, the University of Limerick and Loughborough University. They were part of a collaborative research project to develop high quality resources and investigate the effectiveness of MathsCasts to support mathematics learning. The full set of resources are available at http://commons.swin.edu.au/s/mathscasts MathsCasts are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License

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Polar and cartesian curves (MathsCasts)

Polar and cartesian curves (MathsCasts)