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For a two-dimensional plane, the unit vectors, $\left(\hat{e}_r, \hat{e}_\theta\right)$ of the polar coordinate system and $(\hat{\imath}, \hat{\jmath})$ of the cartesian coordinate system, are related by the following two equations.

$$
\begin{aligned}
& \hat{e}_r=\cos \theta \hat{\imath}+\sin \theta \hat{\jmath} \\
& \hat{e}_\theta=-\sin \theta \hat{\imath}+\cos \theta \hat{\jmath}
\end{aligned}
$$

Which one of the following is the $\text{CORRECT}$ value of $\frac{\partial\left(\hat{e}_r+\hat{e}_\theta\right)}{\partial \theta}$ ?

  1. $1$
  2. $\hat{e}_{\theta}$ 
  3. $\hat{e}_{r}+\hat{e}_{\theta}$ 
  4. $-\hat{e}_{r}+\hat{e}_{\theta}$ 
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