School & Math

What is the distance formula?

See the formula for distance between two points.

d = sqrt((x2-x1)^2 + (y2-y1)^2) formula

The distance formula finds the straight-line distance between two points in a coordinate plane.

Based on Pythagorean theorem
Use coordinate geometry

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