find intersection of two lines with theta and rho in matlab

To find the intersection of two lines defined by their polar coordinates (theta and rho) in matlab, we can use the following steps:

  1. Convert the polar coordinates to Cartesian coordinates.

  2. Find the intersection of the two lines in Cartesian coordinates.

  3. Convert the intersection point back to polar coordinates.

Here's the code to do this:

main.m
% Define the polar coordinates of the two lines:
theta1 = 45; % angle in degrees
rho1 = 5; % distance from the origin
theta2 = -30; % angle in degrees
rho2 = 3; % distance from the origin

% Convert polar coordinates to Cartesian coordinates:
x1 = cosd(theta1) * rho1;
y1 = sind(theta1) * rho1;
x2 = cosd(theta2) * rho2;
y2 = sind(theta2) * rho2;

% Find the intersection point in Cartesian coordinates:
A = [cosd(theta1) sind(theta1); cosd(theta2) sind(theta2)];
b = [rho1; rho2];
p = A\b;

% Convert intersection point back to polar coordinates:
rho = norm(p);
theta = atan2d(p(2), p(1));

% Display the results:
fprintf('Intersection at (%f, %f) in Cartesian.\n', p(1), p(2));
fprintf('Intersection at (%f, %f) in polar.\n', theta, rho);
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Note that in the above code, we use sind and cosd functions to calculate sine and cosine of angles in degrees. If your angles are in radians, you can use sin and cos instead.

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