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7.7: Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates

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    1. Plot the point \((r, \theta, z) = \left(1, \dfrac{\pi}{2}, 1\right)\) expressed in cylindrical coordinates.
       
    2. Plot the point \((r, \theta, z) = \left(3, \dfrac{5\pi}{4}, -2\right)\) expressed in cylindrical coordinates.
       
    3. Plot the point \((r, \theta, z) = \left(2, \dfrac{5\pi}{6}, 3\right)\) expressed in cylindrical coordinates.
       
    4. Plot the point \((\rho, \theta, \phi) = \left(1, \dfrac{3\pi}{2}, \dfrac{\pi}{2}\right)\) expressed in spherical coordinates.
       
    5. Plot the point \((\rho, \theta, \phi) = \left(4, \dfrac{7\pi}{6}, \dfrac{\pi}{3}\right)\) expressed in spherical coordinates.
       
    6. Plot the point \((\rho, \theta, \phi) = \left(2, 0, 0\right)\) expressed in spherical coordinates.
       
    7. Consider the point \((r, \theta, z) = \left(1, \dfrac{\pi}{4}, 0\right)\) expressed in cylindrical coordinates. Find the rectangular coordinates \((x, y, z)\) of the point.
       
    8. Consider the point \((r, \theta, z) = \left(3, \dfrac{2\pi}{3}, -4\right)\) expressed in cylindrical coordinates. Find the rectangular coordinates \((x, y, z)\) of the point.
       
    9. Consider the point \((r, \theta, z) = \left(2, \dfrac{11\pi}{6}, \dfrac{5\pi}{4}\right)\) expressed in cylindrical coordinates. Find the rectangular coordinates \((x, y, z)\) of the point.
       
    10. Consider the point \((x, y, z) = \left(0, 2, 5\right)\) expressed in rectangular coordinates. Find the cylindrical coordinates \((r, \theta, z)\) of the point.
       
    11. Consider the point \((x, y, z) = \left(-1, -1, -1\right)\) expressed in rectangular coordinates. Find the cylindrical coordinates \((r, \theta, z)\) of the point.
       
    12. Consider the point \(x, y, z) = \left(\sqrt{3}, 3, \pi\right)\) expressed in rectangular coordinates. Find the cylindrical coordinates \((r, \theta, z)\) of the point.
       
    13. Consider the point \((\rho, \theta, \phi) = \left(1, \pi, \dfrac{\pi}{2}\right)\) expressed in spherical coordinates. Find the rectangular coordinates \((x, y, z)\) of the point.
       
    14. Consider the point \((\rho, \theta, \phi) = \left(2, \dfrac{5\pi}{6}, \dfrac{\pi}{3}\right)\) expressed in spherical coordinates. Find the rectangular coordinates \((x, y, z)\) of the point.
       
    15. Consider the point \((\rho, \theta, \phi) = \left(4, \dfrac{3\pi}{2}, \dfrac{3\pi}{4}\right)\) expressed in spherical coordinates. Find the rectangular coordinates \((x, y, z)\) of the point.
       
    16. Consider the point \((x, y, z) = \left(1, 1, \sqrt{2}\right)\) expressed in rectangular coordinates. Find the spherical coordinates \((\rho, \theta, \phi)\) of the point.
       
    17. Consider the point \((x, y, z) = \left(-2, -2\sqrt{3}, -4\sqrt{3}\right)\) expressed in rectangular coordinates. Find the spherical coordinates \((\rho, \theta, \phi)\) of the point.
       
    18. Consider the point \((x, y, z) = \left(-3, 0, 0\right)\) expressed in rectangular coordinates. Find the spherical coordinates \((\rho, \theta, \phi)\) of the point.
       
    19. Graph the surface \(r = 2\) given in cylindrical coordinates.
       
    20. Graph the surface \(\theta = \dfrac{\pi}{4}\) given in cylindrical coordinates.
       
    21. Graph the surface \(z = -1\) given in cylindrical coordinates.
       
    22. Graph the surface \(\rho = 2\) given in spherical coordinates.
       
    23. Graph the surface \(\theta = \dfrac{\pi}{3}\) given in spherical coordinates.
       
    24. Graph the surface \(\phi = \dfrac{\pi}{4}\) given in spherical coordinates.
       
    25. Consider the surface \(x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 4\) given in rectangular coordinates. Find the equation of the surface in cylindrical coordinates and the equation of the surface in spherical coordinates.
       
    26. Consider the surface \(x^2 + y^2 = 4\) given in rectangular coordinates. Find the equation of the surface in cylindrical coordinates and the equation of the surface in spherical coordinates.
       
    27. Consider the surface \(z^2 = x^2 + y^2\) given in rectangular coordinates. Find the equation of the surface in cylindrical coordinates and the equation of the surface in spherical coordinates.
       
    28. Consider the surface \(z = r^2\) given in cynlindrical coordinates. Find the equation of the surface in spherical coordinates and the equation of the surface in rectangular coordinates.
       
    29. Consider the surface \(r = 3\sin \theta\) given in cynlindrical coordinates. Find the equation of the surface in spherical coordinates and the equation of the surface in rectangular coordinates.
       
    30. Consider the surface \(r = 2\sec \theta\) given in cynlindrical coordinates. Find the equation of the surface in spherical coordinates and the equation of the surface in rectangular coordinates.
       
    31. Consider the surface \(\rho = 2\cos \phi\) given in spherical coordinates. Find the equation of the surface in cylindrical coordinates and the equation of the surface in rectangular coordinates.
       
    32. Consider the surface \(\rho = 4\csc \phi\) given in spherical coordinates. Find the equation of the surface in cylindrical coordinates and the equation of the surface in rectangular coordinates.
       
    33. Consider the surface \(\rho = 3\csc \phi \sec \theta\) given in spherical coordinates. Find the equation of the surface in cylindrical coordinates and the equation of the surface in rectangular coordinates.

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