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= Solution

For <plane polar coordinates>, $x=r\cos\theta$ and $y=r\sin\theta$. The <chain rule> gives
$$
\boxed{\partial_r=\cos\theta\,\partial_x+\sin\theta\,\partial_y,\qquad\partial_\theta=-r\sin\theta\,\partial_x+r\cos\theta\,\partial_y.}
$$
Their Euclidean norms are $\|\partial_r\|=1$ and $\|\partial_\theta\|=r$ for $r>0$.

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