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Problem 3.

Two distances are required to specify the location of a point relative to an origin in two-
dimensional space (Fig. P3.6):

The horizontal and vertical distances (x, y) in Cartesian coordinates.


The radius and angle (r, θ ) in polar coordinates.

It is relatively straightforward to compute Cartesian coordinates (x, y) on the basis of


polar coordinates (r, θ ). The reverse process is not so simple. The radius can be
computed by the following formula:

r  x2  y2

If the coordinates lie within the first and fourth coordinates (i.e., x > 0), then a simple
formula can be used to compute θ:
 y
θ  tan1  
 x
The difficulty arises for the other cases. The following table summarizes the
possibilities:

Write a well-structured M-file using if...elseif structures to calculate r and θ as a


function of x and y. Express the final results for θ in degrees. Test your program by
evaluating the following cases:
Problem 3.11

The volume V of liquid in a hollow horizontal cylinder of radius r and length L is related
to the depth of the liquid h by

  r h  
V  r2 cos1    (r h) 2rh  h  L
2

  r  

Develop an M-file to create a plot of volume versus depth.

Here are the first few lines:


function cylinder(r, L, plot_title)
% volume of horizontal cylinder
% inputs:
% r = radius
% L = length
% plot_title = string holding plot title

Problem 3.22

Develop a function to produce an animation of a particle moving in a circle in Cartesian


coordinates based on radial coordinates. Assume a constant radius, r, and allow the
angle, θ, to increase from zero to 2π in equal increments. The function’s first lines
should be

function phasor(r, nt, nm)


% function to show the orbit of a phasor
% r = radius
% nt = number of increments for theta
% nm = number of movies
Test your function with
phasor(1, 256, 10)

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