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How do you find the polar coordinate for (-5,0)?

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Jan 30, 2016

this is point on the x-axis so
$r = x cos (θ); θ = π$ $r = xcos(theta); theta = pi$
$r = 5; θ = π$ $r = 5; theta = pi$

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