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Find the rectangular coordinates of the point with the polar coordinates ordered pair negative 7 comma 5 pi divided by 3.

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\bf \begin{array}{clclll} (-7&,&(5\pi )/(3))\\ \uparrow &&\uparrow \\ r&&\theta \end{array}\qquad \begin{array}{clclll} (x&,&y)\\ \downarrow &&\downarrow \\ r\cdot cos(\theta)&&r\cdot sin(\theta) \end{array}

so.. to get the x,y coordinates, or rectangular ones, get the cosine and sine of that angle, and multiply it times the "r"adius
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