All angles are defined in degrees.
We represent points as ( r, , ).
r stands for the distance of the point away from the origin.
stands for the horizontal angle away from the horizontal line going east from the origin, going clockwise. .
stands for the vertical angle away from the horizontal line going east from the origin, going anti-clockwise. .
An example of what this means is that (4, 60, 30) translates to (3, , 2) in the Cartesian coordinates.
What is the approximate distance of (8,59,70) from (5,3,79)? (to 3 significant figures)
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