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Polar aplet

Getting started with the polar aplet

Open the Polar aplet

1.Open the Polar aplet.

>$3/(7@￿Select Polar

5(6(7a￿<(6a 67$57a

Like the Function aplet, the Polar aplet opens in the Symbolic view.

Define the expression

Specify plot settings

Plot the expression

2. Define the polar equation r = 2π cos (θ ⁄ 2) cos (θ)2 .

2>6+,)7@π>&26@￿ >;￿7￿5@>j@￿2 >￿@ >&26@￿>;￿7￿5@>￿@ >[￿@>(17(5@

3.Specify the plot settings. In this example, we will use the default settings, except for the θRNG fields.

>6+,)7@SETUP-PLOT

>6+,)7@CLEAR

*A,￿4￿>6+,)7@π 2.a

4.Plot the expression.

>3/27@

Polar aplet

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