Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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ISBN 10: 0-13446-914-3
ISBN 13: 978-0-13446-914-0

Chapter 6 - Section 6.3 - Polar Coordinates - Exercise Set - Page 742: 31

Answer

(a) and (b)

Work Step by Step

Please note that if $n$ is any integer, the point $(r, \theta )$ can be represented as$$(r, \theta ) = (r, \theta +2n\pi ) \\ \text{or} \\ (r, \theta )= (-r, \theta +\pi + 2n\pi ).$$So we have$$(-5, -\frac{\pi }{4})= (-5, -\frac{\pi }{4}+2(1)\pi)=(-5, \frac{7\pi }{4}) \\ (-5, -\frac{\pi }{4})= (-(-5), -\frac{\pi }{4}+\pi +2(-1)\pi )=(5, -\frac{5\pi }{4}).$$
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