How do you convert $(3,pi/3)$ into rectangular coordinates?

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Answer 1 · 2015-11-08T00:27:59

Polar with radius = 3 and angle $pi/3 or 60^o$

At, $60^o$ , $sin(60) = sqrt(3/2) and cos(60)=1/2$

Now, to convert to rectangular , simply multiply these by the radius of 3:

rectangular $= [rcos(theta), rsin(theta)]=(3/2,3sqrt(3)/2)$

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