What is the distance between #(-6 , pi/2 )# and #(1 , pi/6 )#?
2 Answers
Jan 27, 2018
Explanation:
This problem is more easily done in rectangular coordinates:
Now we can just use the distance formula:
More generally, if we rewrite the first point as
Jan 27, 2018
Distance between points is
Explanation:
Polar coordinates of point A is
Polar coordinates of point B is
Distance between points
Distance between points is