What is the distance between the following polar coordinates?: <mstyle displaystyle="true">

Leland Morrow

Leland Morrow

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2022-06-15

What is the distance between the following polar coordinates?:
( 3 , 17 π 12 ) , ( 5 , 7 π 8 )

Answer & Explanation

lilao8x

lilao8x

Beginner2022-06-16Added 22 answers

Step 1
cos 17 π 12 = cos 255 = 0.2588 sin 17 π 12 = sin 255 = 0.9659
In cartesean coordinates the first point would be ( 3 cos 17 π 12 , 3 sin 17 π 12 ) Or, (-0.77645, -2.89777)
Second point would be ( 5 cos 7 π 8 , 5 sin 7 π 8 )
Or, (-4.6194, 1.9134)
Apply distance formula to get the distance =6.15549

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