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    The document discusses solving problems involving converting between rectangular and polar coordinates. It notes that while textbooks typically use specific equations, modern graphing calculators can now quickly and efficiently perform the conversions using built-in "shortcuts". As an example, it shows converting the rectangular coordinates (-25, 40) to polar angle, noting the calculator would correctly identify the angle in the third quadrant as 122 degrees rather than the other possible solution of -58 degrees.

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    The document discusses solving problems involving converting between rectangular and polar coordinates. It notes that while textbooks typically use specific equations, modern graphing calculators can now quickly and efficiently perform the conversions using built-in "shortcuts". As an example, it shows converting the rectangular coordinates (-25, 40) to polar angle, noting the calculator would correctly identify the angle in the third quadrant as 122 degrees rather than the other possible solution of -58 degrees.

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    Polar "Shortcuts." 25) 25) 58

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    The document discusses solving problems involving converting between rectangular and polar coordinates. It notes that while textbooks typically use specific equations, modern graphing calculators can now quickly and efficiently perform the conversions using built-in "shortcuts". As an example, it shows converting the rectangular coordinates (-25, 40) to polar angle, noting the calculator would correctly identify the angle in the third quadrant as 122 degrees rather than the other possible solution of -58 degrees.

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    5. The textbook’s approach to this sort of problem is through the use of Eq.

    3-6, and is illustrated in Sample


    Problem 3-3. However, most modern graphical calculators can produce the results quite efficiently using
    rectangular ↔ polar “shortcuts.”
    
    (a) (−25)2 + 402 = 47.2 m
    (b) Recalling that tan (θ) = tan (θ + 180◦ ), we note that the two possibilities for tan−1 (40/ − 25)
    are −58◦ and 122◦ . Noting that the vector is in the third quadrant (by the signs of its x and y
    components) we see that 122◦ is the correct answer. The graphical calculator “shortcuts” mentioned
    above are designed to correctly choose the right possibility.

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