Why do you need to find the distance between two polar coordinates?

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Why do you need to find the distance between two polar coordinates?

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Answer 1 · 2015-09-12T13:46:39

Let say you have points #A(r_1,θ_1),Β(r_2,θ_2)# you must convert them to cartesian coordinates #A(x_1,y_1),Β(x_2,y_2)# and then use the distance formula #D=sqrt((x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2)#

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