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Wolfram Math World: Polar Coordinates

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This math link contains a plethora of information on Polar coordinates. The site begins with a diagram illustrating the measurements used when working with polar coordinates then goes into detail on specifics of using this coordinate system, it's relation to Cartesian coordinates, finding area using integrals with polar coordinates, slope and angle information, and concluding with polar coordinate information regarding vectors.

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