Exercise No.

5
Polar Coordinates
Dr. Dur-e-Shehwar Sagheer

Question No. 1. (Polar Coordinates Pairs)

Which polar coordinate pairs label the same point?

1. (3, 0)

2. (−3, 0)
 
2π
3. 2,
3
 
7π
4. 2,
3
5. (−3, π)
 π
6. 2,
3
7. (−3, 2π)
 
−π
8. −2,
3

Question No. 2.

Find all the polar coordinates of the following pairs:

1. (−2, 0)
 π
2. −2,
2
Question No. 3.

Find Cartesian coordinates of the following points in polar coordinates:

√ π 
1. 2,
4
2. (−3, π)
 π
3. 2,
3
4. (−3, 2π)

1
  
−π
5. −2,
3

Question No. 4.
Graph the set of points whose polar coordinates satisfy the equations and inequalities
given below:

1. r = 2

2. r ≥ 1
π
3. 0 ≤ θ ≤ ; r≥0
6
π
4. θ = ; −1 ≤ r ≤ 3
3
π
5. θ = ; r≥0
2
6. 0 ≤ θ ≤ π; r=1
−π π
7. ≤θ≤ ; 1≤r≤2
2 2

Question No. 5.

Replace the polar equations by equivalent Cartesian equations. Then identify the graph.

1. r cos θ = 2

2. r sin θ = 0

3. r sin θ + r cos θ = 1

4. r2 = 1
5
5. r =
sin θ − 2 cos θ
6. r = cot θcosecθ

7. r = cosecθ er cos θ

8. r2 + 2r2 cos θ sin θ = 1

9. r2 = −4r cos θ

10. r = 8 sin θ

Question No. 6.

2
1. x = 7

2. x = y

3. x2 + y 2 = 1
x2 y 2
4. + =1
9 4
5. y 2 = 4x

6. x2 + (y − 2)2 = 4

7. (x − 3)2 + (y + 1)2 = 4

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