Trying to calculate the distance between two points on x and y coordinates

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How do you take the x and y coordinates of Variable a and the x and y coordinates of Variable b

and then calculate the distance between them?

Using Pythagoras if you're using rectangular coordinates. – Bernard Nov 01 '15 at 14:20 — Bernard, Nov 01 '15 at 14:20

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 01 '15 at 14:25

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If you have two points in the plane $A(x_a, y_a)$ and $B(x_b, y_b)$, the distance between them is given by: $$d(A, B)=\sqrt{(x_a-x_b)^2+(y_a-y_b)^2}.$$ Some more detailed explanation you can find for example here: https://www.mathsisfun.com/algebra/distance-2-points.html

edited Nov 01 '15 at 14:25

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answered Nov 01 '15 at 14:21

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Trying to calculate the distance between two points on x and y coordinates

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