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General Physics I:

Subsection 2.1.3 Transformation of Axis

Figure 2.1.5.
\begin{equation*} x'=OL'= OT+TL' = OT +SL = OL\cos\theta +PL\sin\theta \end{equation*}
\begin{equation*} \therefore x' = x\cos\theta +y\sin\theta \end{equation*}
\begin{equation*} y'=PL'= PS-L'S =PS-TL = PL\cos\theta -OL\sin\theta \end{equation*}
\begin{equation*} \therefore y' = y\cos\theta -x\sin\theta \end{equation*}
\begin{equation*} \therefore \hat{i'}=\hat{i}\cos\theta +\hat{j}\sin\theta \qquad \text{also} \quad \hat{j'}=-\hat{i}\sin\theta +\hat{j}\cos\theta \end{equation*}
Now,
\begin{equation*} \vec{r}=\hat{i'}x'+\hat{j'}y'= [\hat{i}\cos\theta +\hat{j}\sin\theta]x'+[-\hat{i}\sin\theta +\hat{j}\cos\theta]y' \end{equation*}
\begin{equation*} \therefore \vec{r}=\hat{i}[x'\cos\theta -y'\sin\theta] +\hat{j}[x'\sin\theta +y'\cos\theta] =\hat{i}x+\hat{i}y \end{equation*}