Convert from Rectangular to Polar Coordinates

Learn how to convert from rectangular coordinates to polar coordinates in this free math video tutorial by Mario's Math Tutoring.

0:08 Differences Between Polar Coordinates and Rectangular
0:37 Formulas To Convert From Rectangular to Polar Coordinates
0:42 Formula For Finding the Radius From x and y
0:58 Formula For Finding Theta from x and y
1:17 Example 1 Convert (-3,4) to Polar Form
2:56 Example 2 Convert (2, 2Square Root 3) to Polar Form

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[wiggles]

I was googling to find results on when x=0, because atan(y/0) is undefined. The case x=0 has to be treated carefully. If y is positive and x is 0, then the angle is 90deg. If y is negative and x is 0, then the angle is 270deg. If y is 0 and x is 0, then r is 0 and the angle is irrelevant and any angle can be used.

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[shoutadadzawa]

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[Emily]

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[Salamanca-joro]

3:42 Could you please give me another way to find theta without graphing? I really suck at graphing, can i just add 180 to the answer after finding theta? Just like the way you did after the first question when you got -53.1 and you added 180 to the answer

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Why aren’t you considering plus or minus with the square roots ?

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