Vector notation in 3 dimension

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I know the title might not be the most accurate but i don't really know how else to title it.

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Question is, why is $r'=Rcos\phi'+Rsin\phi'$

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Here my text book mentioned that $r'cos\alpha = \hat{r} \cdot r'$, why is this?