Section 13.7 Worksheet:

Assignment: Page 865: 1-5, 9, 10, 13, 15, 21, 23, 29, 33, 39, 41, 50, 51, 59, 61, 64 (due Friday, 3/26).

  1. Why do we need to consider these various coordinate systems? What advantage to they confer?

  2. Which coordinate system might be most appropriate for a vase? Draw one, and show why!

  3. How do you pronounce the greek symbols used in the spherical coordinates? Ask a greek, if you can find one!

  4. How many coordinates do we normally use to locate a position on the Earth? Why so few?


Wed Mar 17 12:27:58 EST 2004