x²+y²+y = 0 For all problems changing between rectangular and polar form, you should draw this right triangle:to replace all x's and y's by r's and q's. Also when you see "x²+y²" you can immediately replace the TWO terms by the ONE term r². So from that triangle and the Pythagorean theorem, you can easily see that x²+y² = r², so substituting the ONE TERM r² for the first TWO terms, you have r²+y = 0 Then you see from that right triangle that y/r = sin(q) and y = r∙sin(q). So the final polar equation is r²+r∙sin(q) = 0 Now to solve that for r: r²+r∙sin(q) = 0 r[r+sin(q)] = 0 r=0; r+sin(q) = 0 r = -sin(q) We can ignore r=0 which is the equation of the origin, but since the circle goes through the origin. So the answer is the polar equation: r = -sin(q Edwin