The choices involve either 72° or 108°, neither of which are special angles, so to get those answers is going to take some high powered trigonometry. So the easiest way to get the correct answer it to take an arbitrary point on the line –2x + 6y = 9, convert it to polar form, substitute it in the four answers and see which one, if any, it checks in. –2x + 6y = 9 If x = -4.5, y=0, that's the x-intercept. So (-4.5,0) is a rectangular point on the given line. The rectangular point (-4.5,0) is the same as the polar point (r,Ө) = (4.5,180°) The choices are: 7√(10)/20 = r cos(Ө – 72°) 9√(10)/20 = r cos(Ө – 72°) 9√(10)/20 = r cos(Ө – 108°) 7√(10)/20 = r cos(Ө – 108°) The left sides of the first and last choices are the same 7√(10)/20 = 1.106797181 The left sides of the second and third choices are the same 9√(10)/20 = 1.423024947 If we substitute r=4.5 and Ө=180°, the right side of the first two choices gives -1.390576475 If we substitute the same in the right side of the last two choices we get 1.390576475. So none of those answers can possibly be correct!!! Edwin