Properties
Poles and polars have several useful properties.
If a pole P1 lies on a line L2, then the pole P2 of the line likewise lies on the polar L1.
If a pole P1 moves along a line L2, its polar L1 rotates about the corresponding pole of the line P2, and vice versa.
If two tangent lines can be drawn from a pole to the conic section, then its polar passes through both tangent points.
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