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graphing polar coordinates Message #1 Posted by Sara Linn on 25 Apr 2007, 7:59 p.m. If I have an equation ie. r=8+7sinx how could I graph that on a polar coordinate system with my hp50g? Thanks a lot :D

Re: graphing polar coordinates Message #2 Posted by Tim Wessman on 25 Apr 2007, 8:37 p.m., in response to message #1 by Sara Linn You could always look in the manual. . . Go into the plotting form, select polar, go to the F= menu, press ADD, you'll see R1(x)= . . . i bet you can figure it out from there. TW

HP's learning module on plotting polar functions Message #3 Posted by Gene on 26 Apr 2007, 3:05 p.m., in response to message #2 by Tim Wessman http://h20331.www2.hp.com/Hpsub/downloads/50gWorking_with_Polar_Plots.pdf This should help quite a bit too.

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