SOLUTION: change to polar form: x^2+y^2= -2x

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Question 1060451: change to polar form: x^2+y^2= -2x
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change to polar form: x^2+y^2= -2x
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In polar form   = , .

So, the original equation becomes

 = ,  or, canceling "r" in both sides,

r = .


It is the equation in polar form.


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