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LCOL Co-Ordinate Geometry of the Line 5: Distance between two points

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You’ll learn

  • Find the distance between two points
  • Leave an answer in surd form when needed

Formula used

Distance formula

distance = √((x₂ − x₁)² + (y₂ − y₁)²)

On page 20 of the log tables — read it off, don’t memorise.

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