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To calculate: The distance between two points
Answer to Problem 1RE
Solution:
The distance is found to be
Explanation of Solution
Given:
The points,
Calculation:
The distance d between two points
So, to find the distance between two points, take the difference between the corresponding coordinate values, square each difference, add them and finally take the square root of the sum. Here, the points
Hence, the distance is found to be
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