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Polar Angles and Points on the Unit Circle
This Demonstration provides basic experience with polar angles. The task is to move the green points along the unit circle so that the polar angle or coordinates in the table on the right correctly identify the point.
Contributed by:
Izidor Hafner
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Cartesian Coordinates Exercise
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Complex Number Game
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Polar Angles and Points on the Unit Circle
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Contributed by:
Izidor Hafner
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