Posts tagged precalculus
How to express polar points multiple ways by changing the values of r and theta

We can say that there are an infinite number of ways to express the same point in space in polar coordinates. We can 1) keep the value of r the same but add or subtract any multiple of 2π from theta, and/or 2) change the value of r to -r while we add or subtract any odd multiple of π from theta.

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Cramer's rule for solving systems

Cramer’s Rule is a simple rule that lets us use determinants to solve a system of equations. It tells us that we can solve for any variable in the system by calculating D_v/D, where D_v is the determinant of the coefficient matrix, with the answer column values substituted into the column representing the variable for which we’re trying to solve, and where D is the determinant of the coefficient matrix.

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