Cartesian to Polar | Desmos

Below represents the formulas for generating the theta and radius for the polar coordinates. There is one radius but two possible angles.

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Expression 5: "r" Subscript, 1 , Baseline equals StartRoot, "x" squared plus "y" squared , EndRoot

equals

5.8 3 0 9 5 1 8 9 4 8 5

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Expression 6: theta Subscript, 0 , Baseline equals tangent to the negative 1st power left parenthesis, StartFraction, "y" Subscript, 0 , Baseline Over "x" Subscript, 0 , Baseline , EndFraction , right parenthesis

equals

0.5 4 0 4 1 9 5 0 0 2 7 1

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Expression 7: theta Subscript, 1 , Baseline equals tangent to the negative 1st power left parenthesis, StartFraction, "y" Subscript, 0 , Baseline Over "x" Subscript, 0 , Baseline , EndFraction , right parenthesis plus pi

equals

3.6 8 2 0 1 2 1 5 3 8 6

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