Why do you need to find the distance between two polar coordinates? Precalculus Polar Coordinates Finding Distance Between Polar Coordinates 1 Answer Konstantinos Michailidis Sep 12, 2015 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)# Answer link Related questions What is the formula for the distance between two polar coordinates? How do I find the distance between polar coordinates #(2, 50^circ)# and #(5, -50^circ)#? How do I find the distance between polar coordinates #(3, 60^circ)# and #(5, 145^circ)#? How do I find the distance between the points with polar coordinates #(3, 120^circ)# and #(0.5,... How do I find the distance between the points with polar coordinates #(2, 120^circ)# and #(1, 45^circ)#? How do I find the distance between the points with polar coordinates #(2, 10^circ)# and #(7, 10^circ)#? What is the distance between polar coordinates #(2, 120^circ)# and #(1, 150^circ)#? What is the distance between polar coordinates #(-4, -30^circ)# and #(3, 250^circ)#? What is the distance between polar coordinates #(7, -150^circ)# and #(4, 130^circ)#? What is the distance between polar coordinates #(-2, 300^circ)# and #(2, 10^circ)#? See all questions in Finding Distance Between Polar Coordinates Impact of this question 1800 views around the world You can reuse this answer Creative Commons License