SOLUTION: Other pairs of coordinates that name the same polar coordinate: (-1, -pi/3)

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Question 1180751: Other pairs of coordinates that name the same polar coordinate: (-1, -pi/3)
Answer by greenestamps(13203) About Me  (Show Source):
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(1) Keep the -1 and add or subtract any multiple of 2pi to the given angle. That points the vector in the same direction with the same magnitude.

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(2) Change the -1 to its opposite, 1; and add any odd multiple of pi to the given angle. That points the vector in the opposite direction with the opposite magnitude, thus landing you in the same position.

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