Paper 2 · Co-Ordinate Geometry of the Line
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LCOL Co-Ordinate Geometry of the Line 5: Distance between two points
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- Find the distance between two points
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Formula used
Distance formula
distance = √((x₂ − x₁)² + (y₂ − y₁)²)
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