Polar Trace
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Polar coordinate equations such as give the distance from the origin () as a function of the angle (). When graphed using the PolarPlot command, they draw curves in the plane. When a negative value is produced for , the distance is measured in the opposite direction.
Contributed by: Richard Mercer (March 2011)
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Published: March 7 2011