A certain corner of a room is selected as the origin of a rectangular coordinate system. If a fly is crawling on an adjacent wall at a point having coordinates (3.1, 1.7), where the units are meters, what is the location of the fly in polar coordinates?

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A certain corner of a room is selected as the origin of a rectangular coordinate system. If a fly is crawling on an adjacent wall at a point having coordinates (3.1, 1.7), where the units are meters, what is the location of the fly in polar coordinates?

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