Assume you are in Cartesian space at coordinates {32, 99, -6}. You are traveling to coordinates {-16, 44, 36}. There are two headings (bearings/directions) to find, the angle at which you must move on the x and y axis towards your destination and the angle at which you must move up or down on the z axis to reach your destination. Angles for the x,y axes range from 0 to 360 degrees, whereas angles for the z axis range from 90 degrees (straight up) to -90 degrees (straight down). The distance between the previous two coordinates is 84.219 units. Assuming you have no acceleration (you move at 1 unit/second, there is no speeding up or slowing down), at which angles do I need to move on the x,y axis and which angle on the z axis if I move forwards 84.219 units and how do you calculate this?
Am I right in assuming I need to convert to spherical coordinates? Thanks!
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