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Introduction to Polar coordinates
The class practices plotting points in a Cartesian coordinate system and a Polar coordinate system. They convert from one system to the other to get coordinates to plot. Then they play a Tic-Tac-Toe or Connect Four game to have a...
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Complex Numbers: Plotting and Polar Form
Explore the concept of, and use the Ti-Nspire to, convert complex numbers into polar form. Then practice graphing complex numbers in the polar coordinate plane.
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Polar and Cartesian Coordinates
The class has a brief review of polar and Cartesian coordinates. Then they get to play battleship and discover polar coordinates in more depth. They get a lot of practice converting from polar to Cartesian coordinate points and vice...
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Space Shuttle's Heat Shield Problem
High schoolers participate in a role-play activity to determine how to replace heat shields on the space shuttle using polar coordinates.
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Ellipses and Kepler's First Law
The class examines graphs in the form r = F(¿¿) in polar coordinates (r, ¿¿), in particular with the circle, ellipse and other conic sections. They determine the nature of an ellipse by studying the role of the semimajor axis and...
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Math 312 Fall 2001 - Complex Polynomial Equation
In this complex polynomial equation worksheet, students find all solutions of an equation and write answers in rectangular form and exponential form. This two-page worksheet contains three problems.
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Complex Analysis: Rectangular Form
In this rectangular form worksheet, students write numbers in rectangular form. They solve complex numbers, and find the value of a function. This two-page worksheet contains approximately 12 multi-step problems.
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Math 321 Spring 98. Complex Numbers
In this complex numbers learning exercise, students find the solutions to polynomials and write them in rectangular and exponential form. This two-page learning exercise contains two problems.