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A fly lands on one wall of a room. The lower-left corner of the wall is...

A fly lands on one wall of a room. The lower-left corner of the wall is selected as the origin of a two-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system. The fly is located at the point having coordinates (1.90, 0.80) m.

(a)

How far is it from the origin (in m)?

m

(b)

What is its location in polar coordinates? (Enter r in meters and θ in degrees.)

r= m θ= ° counterclockwise from the +x-axis

(c)

What If? If the wall is 14.0 m long and 4.0 m high, which choice of origin would give the fly the largest distance from the origin?

bottom left corner of the walltop right corner of the wall     top left corner of the wallbottom right corner of the wall

(d)

What is the distance of the fly from this new origin (in m)?

m

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