Polar and Rectangular Coordinates
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Compare the rectangular and polar coordinates of a point. Choose the grid lines you want to see and whether the point (a locator) snaps to a rectangular or polar grid.
Contributed by: Abby Brown (March 2011)
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"Polar and Rectangular Coordinates"
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Published: March 7 2011
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