University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 10 - Section 10.3 - Polar Coordinates - Exercises - Page 577: 17

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Plotting points $(r,\theta)$ , $r$ is the directed distance of the point from the pole. $\theta$ defines the angle of the ray on which the point lies, - remains $\theta$ when $r$ is positive - becomes $\theta\pm\pi$ when $r$ is negative The points $(r,\theta)$ of the region are such that: The angle $\pi/3$ terminates in the 1st quadrant, and defines a line through the pole (the origin) with slope $\tan( \pi/3) =\sqrt{3}$ (in Cartesian coordinates, $y=\sqrt{3}x$ ). The directed distance r is partly negative, from -1 to 0, so some points in the opposite (3rd) quadrant are involved. These are points on the line that are at a distance 1 or less from the pole. For the rest of the values of r, the points represented lie on the line segment from the pole to the point that is at a distance of 3 units from the pole.
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