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Which set of polar coordinates describes the same location as the rectangular coordinates (0, -2)

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(-2, 90 degrees) on apex

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Polar coordinates identifie the points of the plane by a distance from the reference point and an angle from a reference direction.

In this case the distance of (0,-2) from the origin is 2 and the anglefrom the x-axis is 180°. So the polar coordinates are (2, 180°)


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