The distance between any two points is the length of the line segment joining the points. The point returned by the Midpoint Formula is the same distance from each of the given points and this distance is half of the distance between the given points. Distance formula of two points The distance between two points x1 y1 and x2 y2 in the Cartesian coordinate system can be given by.
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The distance covered by the moving object is 65 km. This definition is convenient because the observed brightness of a light source is related to its distance by the inverse. If the coordinates of the two points are x 1 y 1 and x 2 y 2 the distance equals the square root of x 2 x 1 squared y 2 y 1 squared. Distance Formula The Distance Formula squares the differences between the two x coordinates and two y coordinates then adds those squares and finally takes their square root to get the total distance along the diagonal line.