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How to identify polar angles and reference angles to polar angles.

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Answer:

See below

Explanation:

To convert from Cartesian coordinates
(x,y) to polar coordinates
(r,\theta), use the following formulas:


r=√(x^2+y^2)\\\theta=tan^(-1)((y)/(x))

Reference angles are the acutes angles that the terminal side of
\theta makes with the x-axis.

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