Texas Instruments TITANIUM TI-89 User Manual
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Activities
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3. Enter vectors describing the initial path of
the boat, water current, and resultant path
of the boat.
Store these vectors as
i
,
c
, and
r
. Use the
value
a
for the unknown speed of the
current. Use the value
b
for the speed of
the boat.
Enter:
[20,80
¡
]
!
i
[a,0
¡
]
!
c
[b,60°]
!
r
Vectors are commonly written in either polar
or rectangular form, so it is useful to convert
polar vectors into rectangular form.
4. Define function
p2r
.
Enter:
Define p2r(x)=[x[1,1]*cos(x[1,2]),
x[1,1]*sin(x[1,2])]