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Distance between Any Two Points on X-Y Plane

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Write the distance between the points A (10 cos θ, 0) and B (0, 10 sin θ).

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Solution

We have to find the distance between A and B.

In general, the distance between A and B is given by,

So,

But according to the trigonometric identity,

Therefore,

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