VECTORS Conversions (Page 5 of 6)

To find the y-component, repeat the last step but use menu option 8, which is the PtoRy command..

 2nd ANGLE key. Up arrow key. 8: menu selection. 2 Comma key. 150 Right parenthesis key. ENTER key. Calculator screen image.

Thus, the terminal point of this vector is approximately (-1.73, 1), so we could represent the vector in component form as <-1.73, 1>.
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