Did you know there are two ways to plot points in math - Cartesian and polar coordinates? While Cartesian coordinates use x and y to define a point on a grid, polar coordinates use a distance from the origin (r) and an angle (θ) to describe the same point. This difference leads to strikingly different graphs. In Cartesian coordinates, circles look like, well, circles. But in polar coordinates, they’re represented by simple equations like r=1. Spirals, rose curves, and other intricate patterns co