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) andA'(x',y') is
- With polar coordinates,
A[t, theta] andA'[r',theta'] , you have to write the relations :
So,
Develop, and use the formula
Finally, you know that