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What does the radial distance 'r' represent in spherical coordinates?
What does the radial distance 'r' represent in spherical coordinates?
- Distance of the point from the fixed point of origin (correct)
- Distance of the point from the x-axis
- Distance of the point from the z-axis
- Distance of the point from the y-axis
How is the polar angle 'θ' measured in spherical coordinates?
How is the polar angle 'θ' measured in spherical coordinates?
- Between the x-axis and the y-axis
- Between the y-axis and the radial line
- Between the x-axis and the radial line
- Between the z-axis and the radial line (correct)
What does the azimuthal angle 'φ' measure in spherical coordinates?
What does the azimuthal angle 'φ' measure in spherical coordinates?
- Angle between the radial line and the y-axis
- Angle between the radial line and the x-axis
- Angle between the radial line and the x-y plane (correct)
- Angle between the radial line and the z-axis
Which plane is orthogonal to the z-axis in the spherical coordinate system?
Which plane is orthogonal to the z-axis in the spherical coordinate system?
What are the three numbers in a spherical coordinate system called?
What are the three numbers in a spherical coordinate system called?
What is the radial distance 'r' in a spherical coordinate system?
What is the radial distance 'r' in a spherical coordinate system?
How is the polar angle 'θ' measured in spherical coordinates?
How is the polar angle 'θ' measured in spherical coordinates?
What does the azimuthal angle 'φ' measure in spherical coordinates?
What does the azimuthal angle 'φ' measure in spherical coordinates?
Which plane is orthogonal to the z-axis in the spherical coordinate system?
Which plane is orthogonal to the z-axis in the spherical coordinate system?
What are the three numbers (r, θ, φ) in a spherical coordinate system collectively called?
What are the three numbers (r, θ, φ) in a spherical coordinate system collectively called?
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