Polar Coordinates and Curves flashcards
8 practice cards drawn from the Polar Coordinates and Curves lessons. Tap a card to turn it over. Every answer is checked against the lesson it came from.
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In terms of r and , x equals
from “Polar Coordinates”
In terms of x and y, r equals
from “Polar Coordinates”
The cardioid touches the origin at
from “Sketching Polar Curves”
The cardioid is largest at
0
from “Sketching Polar Curves”
For , on which stretch of is r falling?
from “The Rate of Change of a Polar Function”
For , the average rate of change of r from to is
from “The Rate of Change of a Polar Function”
A thin polar slice is close to
a sector with its apex at the pole
from “The Area of a Polar Region”
For r = 2 between and , the area is
from “The Area of a Polar Region”