Coordinates of Points

Analytic Geometry of Plane

1st lecture
26 February 2011
 The Rectangular Coordinate
y

Two
indefinite

straight

x
lines are
perpendicul

ar intersect
in a point

y-axes

4 A (x, y)

O
-5 5

x-axes
-2
 The Distance Formula

y-axes

4 A (a, b)

OA = a 2+b 2
O
-5 5

x-axes
-2
 Find the formula!

y-axes

4 A (x 1 , y 1 )

D
(x 2,y 2)
O
-5 5 10

x-axes
-2
 Oblique coordinate

A (x,y)

Two indefinite straight lines that are not

perpendicular are intersect in a point and form
angles
 Find the formula!

A (x1 ,y1 )

B (x 2,y 2)

 Polar Coordinate

4
P(r,)

2
r

o
10 5 5

4
 4

B: (3.00, 135.00) A: (3.00, 45.00)

2
B A

o
10 5 5

C: (3.00, -135.00)2
C D
D: (3.00, -45.00)
4
Relation between Polar and Cartesian
coordinate