What is the distance between #(4, pi/2 )# and #(2, pi/12 )#? Trigonometry The Polar System Polar Coordinates 1 Answer sankarankalyanam Apr 9, 2018 #color(blue)("Distance between the two points is " color(green)(2)# Explanation: #"Given : " A (4, pi/2), B(2, pi/2)# #x_A = 4 cos (pi/2) = 0, y_A = 4 sin (pi/2) = 4# #x_B = 2 cos (pi/2) = 0, y_B = 2 sin (pi/2) = 2# #color(brown)("Since y coordinates of both the points are 0"),# #color(crimson)("Distance between A & B is " = x_A - x_B = 4 - 2 = 2# Answer link Related questions What are Polar Coordinates? How do you find the polar coordinates of the point? What is the difference between a rectangular coordinate system and a polar coordinate system? How do you graph polar coordinates? What careers use polar coordinates? How do you plot the point #A (5, -255^\circ)# and the point #B (3, 60^\circ)#? What does a polar coordinate system look like? How do you find the distance between 2 polar coordinates? For the given point #A(-4, frac{pi}{4})#, how do you list three different pairs of polar... How do you find the rectangular form of #(4, -pi/2)#? See all questions in Polar Coordinates Impact of this question 2399 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License