polar coordinates
Radius and angle
Polar coordinates locate a point by its distance from a central origin and the angle from a reference direction, rather than by horizontal and vertical distances as in Cartesian coordinates.
The system suits problems involving rotation or radial symmetry: Convert the equation to polar coordinates.
A point written as (r, θ) gives the radius and angle.
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