What is the distance between the following polar coordinates?: (5,5π12),(5,11π6)

1 Answer
Jun 18, 2017

D=50+50229.2388

Explanation:

We are given

r1=5
θ1=5π12

r2=5
θ2=11π6

The distance formula for polar coordinates is

D=r21+r222r1r2cos(θ1θ2)

D=52+522(5)(5)cos(5π1211π6)

D=25+2550cos(9π4)

D=50+50229.2388