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Find the slope of the tangent line to the polar curve r = 2 sin θ at the point where theta equals pi over 2.

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Since r=2sinθ is a circle that has a center at (0,1) and a radius of 1. At pi/2 or when x=0 the tangent line would be a horizontal line and have a slope of 0.

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