What's the difference in finding the distance between two polar coordinates and two rectangular coordinate?
1 Answer
Mar 11, 2015
Hello,
- In a orthonormal basis, the distance between
#A(x,y)# and#A'(x',y')# is
- With polar coordinates,
#A[t, theta]# and#A'[r',theta']# , you have to write the relations :
So,
Develop, and use the formula
Finally, you know that