Precalculus (6th Edition) Blitzer

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Chapter 6 - Test - Page 800: 5

Answer

The polar coordinate is $\left( \sqrt{2},\frac{7\pi }{4} \right)$.

Work Step by Step

Consider the given point $\left( 1,-1 \right)$ ; So, $\begin{align} & r=\sqrt{{{1}^{2}}+{{\left( -1 \right)}^{2}}} \\ & =\sqrt{1+1} \\ & =\sqrt{2} \end{align}$ Also, $\begin{align} & \tan \theta =\frac{-1}{1} \\ & =-1 \end{align}$ As $\tan \frac{\pi }{4}=1$ and $\theta $ lies in the fourth quadrant. So, $\begin{align} & \theta =2\pi -\frac{\pi }{4} \\ & =\frac{7\pi }{4} \end{align}$ So, the polar coordinate is $\left( \sqrt{2},\frac{7\pi }{4} \right)$.
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