Coordinate System Homework: Find Distance and Polar Coords

[chocolatelover]

Homework Statement

A bug is on one wall of a room. The lower left-hand corner of the wall is selected as the origin of a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. The bug is located at the point having coordinates (1.8, .8) m

How far is it from the corner of the room?
What is it's location in polar coordinates?
r=?
theta=?

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

Aren't these two question asking for the same thing? I need to use the pythagorean theorem right?

Thank you very much

 

[mgb_phys]

The radius in the polar system is the distance - it also has a direction

 

[chocolatelover]

Thank you very much

That makes sense, but aren't these two questions asking for the same thing?

Thank you

 

[awvvu]

No, polar coordinates have both an angle and radius from origin.

 

[chocolatelover]

Thank you very much

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