# Trying to connect a list of points to (0,0) with lines

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**Created:** [January 8, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/trying-to-connect-a-list-of-points-to-0-0-with-lines/7649 "2025-01-08T14:20:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![rook\_cober](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/rook_cober/32/6503_2.png) [@rook\_cober](https://cl.desmos.com/u/rook_cober)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/trying-to-connect-a-list-of-points-to-0-0-with-lines/7649/1 "2025-01-08T14:20:56Z")

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I have a circular list of points and I’m trying to connect all of them to (0,0)

https://www.desmos.com/calculator/e16y3ychsm?embed

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**Author:** ![Guzman\_Tierno](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/guzman_tierno/32/6149_2.png) [@Guzman\_Tierno](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Guzman_Tierno)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/trying-to-connect-a-list-of-points-to-0-0-with-lines/7649/2 "2025-01-08T14:40:57Z")

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Here’s a possible solution:  
[https://www.desmos.com/calculator/ded9typ9x9](https://www.desmos.com/calculator/ded9typ9x9)

and here’s a colored solution:  
[https://www.desmos.com/calculator/flc2dvwwuf](https://www.desmos.com/calculator/flc2dvwwuf)

btw: tau just means 2pi (that is 360°)

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**Author:** ![Guzman\_Tierno](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/guzman_tierno/32/6149_2.png) [@Guzman\_Tierno](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Guzman_Tierno)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 6:25pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/trying-to-connect-a-list-of-points-to-0-0-with-lines/7649/3 "2025-01-08T18:25:59Z")

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Maybe the formulas and the animation can further be improved like this:  
[https://www.desmos.com/calculator/v4ugyx9axb](https://www.desmos.com/calculator/v4ugyx9axb)

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**Author:** ![rook\_cober](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/rook_cober/32/6503_2.png) [@rook\_cober](https://cl.desmos.com/u/rook_cober)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 6:57pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/trying-to-connect-a-list-of-points-to-0-0-with-lines/7649/4 "2025-01-08T18:57:09Z")

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Thanks! That works perfectly 🙂

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**Author:** ![Daniel\_Grubbs](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/cl.desmos.com/daniel_grubbs/32/719_2.png) [@Daniel\_Grubbs](https://cl.desmos.com/u/Daniel_Grubbs)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2025, 7:07pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/trying-to-connect-a-list-of-points-to-0-0-with-lines/7649/5 "2025-01-08T19:07:57Z")

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You can use the parametric “`t`” to your advantage more simply than list comprehension with polygons. I added a general form of using t to create a line segment with two points.  
https://www.desmos.com/calculator/k649wfjn4c?embed

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/desmos/original/2X/f/f5bd144684474e9a2f333002cde9840e52c5dbd3.png) [@system](https://cl.desmos.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2025, 7:08pm UTC](https://cl.desmos.com/t/trying-to-connect-a-list-of-points-to-0-0-with-lines/7649/6 "2025-01-10T19:08:24Z")

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