Polar curves and their slopes

A polar equation $r = f(\theta)$ is a parametric curve with $\theta$ as its parameter, so its slope is $\dfrac{dy/d\theta}{dx/d\theta}$ and never $\dfrac{dr}{d\theta}$ — with the standard circles, cardioids and roses, and the angles at which each reaches the pole.

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