plotting cardioid and circle in one graph

hi. how do i plot the cardioid and the circle in one graph? here's the equation of cardioid=1+cos(t) and cirle=3*cos(t).

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Thorsten
Thorsten on 27 Nov 2015
Edited: Thorsten on 27 Nov 2015
Use polar
theta = linspace(0, 2*pi);
polar(theta, 1+cos(theta))
hold on
polar(theta, 3*cos(theta), 'r')
or if you prefer a Cartesian plot
r = 1+cos(theta);
plot(r.*cos(theta), r.*sin(theta))
hold on
r = 3*cos(theta);
plot(r.*cos(theta), r.*sin(theta), 'r')
axis equal

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