SOLUTION: please, someone should help me. Here is the question. Transform this equation from polar coordinate to rectangular coordinate. r= 3 raise to the power theta. Thanks. I tried to mul

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Question 784568: please, someone should help me. Here is the question. Transform this equation from polar coordinate to rectangular coordinate. r= 3 raise to the power theta. Thanks. I tried to multiply thru by r so that i can substitute r^2 for x^2 +y^2 but how to manipulate the side is the problem.

Answer by MathLover1(20849)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Convert the polar equation
given:

to rectangular form.
Solution :


....multiply both sides by



We now use the relationship between polar and rectangular coordinates:
and to rewrite the equation as follows:

....complete the square

or

so, it is the equation of a circle with
center: ( ,)
radius:



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