You do not have to. You could use polar coordinates, if you prefer.
The abscissa in Cartesian coordinates. In polar coordinates, it would be the radius .or domain
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x2+y2=2y into polar coordinates When converting Cartesian coordinates to polar coordinates, three standard converstion factors must be memorized: r2=x2+y2 r*cos(theta)=x r*sin(theta)=y From these conversions, you can easily get the above Cartesian equation into polar coordinates: r2=2rsin(theta), which reduces down (by dividing out 1 r on both sides) to: r=2sin(theta)
If cartesian coordinates are used then the second number in an ordered pair is the y coordinate, also known as the ordinate. If polar coordinates are used then the second number is the angle.
Some problems are easier to solve using polar coordinates, others using Cartesian coordinates.
The point whose Cartesian coordinates are (2, 0) has the polar coordinates R = 2, Θ = 0 .
The point whose Cartesian coordinates are (-3, -3) has the polar coordinates R = 3 sqrt(2), Θ = -0.75pi.
You do not have to. You could use polar coordinates, if you prefer.
The abscissa in Cartesian coordinates. In polar coordinates, it would be the radius .or domain
the equation that convert from cartesian to polar coordinates and vice versa r = sqrt (x*x+y*y); phi = atan2 (y, x); x = r*cos (phi); y = r*sin (phi);
Polar Co-ordinates are non-Cartesian co-ordinates. Since most of the Graphics Package do not support non-Cartesian co-ordinates,Polar co-ordinates should be converted to Cartesian form.
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x2+y2=2y into polar coordinates When converting Cartesian coordinates to polar coordinates, three standard converstion factors must be memorized: r2=x2+y2 r*cos(theta)=x r*sin(theta)=y From these conversions, you can easily get the above Cartesian equation into polar coordinates: r2=2rsin(theta), which reduces down (by dividing out 1 r on both sides) to: r=2sin(theta)
If the polar coordinates of a complex number are (r,a) where r is the distance from the origin and a the angle made with the x axis, then the cartesian coordinates of the point are: x = r*cos(a) and y = r*sin(a)
If cartesian coordinates are used then the second number in an ordered pair is the y coordinate, also known as the ordinate. If polar coordinates are used then the second number is the angle.
I suspect the question arises from confusion. A vector itself already defines a direction, usually in the Cartesian xyz coordinate system. If you want to express the direction in other coordinates, such as polar or spherical coordinates you need to transform the vector to these coordinate systems. I can answer you question more fully if you can specify the specific coordinate system in which you want to know the direction.