How to Plot Polar Coordinates

The polar coordinate system is a two-dimensional coordinate system in which each point on a plane is determined by a distance from a fixed point (the origin, by default) and an angle from a fixed direction (the positive direction of x-axis, by default).

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Understand the notation. A point having polar coordinates looks like (r, θ). When such a point is connected to the origin with a line segment, the length of that line segment shall be r units and this line segment will make an angle of θ radians from the positive direction of the x-axis.
- Consider plotting a point with polar coordinates (4, π/3).

Draw a circle having a radius of 4 units keeping the origin as its center.

Draw a line emanating from the origin, making an angle of π/3 radians (60 degrees) from the positive direction of the x-axis and intersecting the circle drawn in the last step. A protractor will be helpful in carrying out this step.