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Distance between two points

Pythagoras turned into a coordinate formula.

The distance between two points (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂) is just Pythagoras applied to coordinates.

Distance
d = √((x₂−x₁)² + (y₂−y₁)²)
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Distance between (1, 2) and (4, 6)

√(9 + 16) = √25 = 5.