Copy of Cylindrical Coordinates: Dynamic Illustrator
Students:
You can use this applet to help you better visualize plotting points in 3-space on a CYLINDER. (Hence, the name cylindrical coordinates).
Cylindrical coordinates are expressed in the form .
For , this applet uses units of RADIANS.
The ORANGE POINT = THE POINT YOU'RE PLOTTING.
How can we describe what each of the 3 coordinates tells us?
(Explain as best you can in your own words).