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Image: Polar coordinates

Polar coordinates Illustration of the definition of polar coordinates $r$, $\theta$ of a point $P$. The coordinate $\theta$ is the angle between the positive $x$-axis and the line from the origin to $P$. The coordinate $r$ is the distance from $P$ to the origin.

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