Cartesian, polar, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates
🎯 Hook
💡 Intuition
📚 Theory
🎮 Playground
✏️ Practice
The Location Puzzle
How do GPS satellites describe your position? How does your phone know which way to point to your destination?
The answer depends on choosing the right coordinate system - different ways to describe the same location.
The Challenge: One Point, Two Descriptions
The same point can be described using Cartesian coordinates (x, y) or Polar coordinates (r, theta). Move your mouse over the grid and click to see both representations!
Which coordinate system is better for describing circular motion (like a planet orbiting the sun)?
Try it! Move your mouse over the grid and click to see how the same point has different representations!
