What are the components of the vector between the origin an the polar coordinate $(6, pi/12)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-02-23T09:30:14

As below.

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$x = r cos theta = 6 * cos (pi/12) = 5.7956$

$y = r sin theta = 6 sin (pi/12) = 1.5529$

$tan theta = tan (pi/12) = y/ x = 0.2679$

What are the components of the vector between the origin an the polar coordinate (6, pi/12)(6, pi/12)?