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The graph of $xy=0$ is the pair of lines $x=0$ and $y=0$. Similarly you will need to draw a pair of graphs here but this time in polar coordinates.

When you plot the point $(r,\theta)$ in polar coordinates, the length of the line segment joining this point to the origin is $r$ and the angle between this line segment and the positive direction of the $x$ axis is given by $\theta$.