To find the diagonal distance between two points using their coordinates in Python, we can use the Pythagorean Theorem. According to this theorem, in a right-angled triangle, the square of the hypotenuse (diagonal line) is the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
So, if we have two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2) with x and y components, then the diagonal distance (d) between the two points can be found using the following formula:
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where **
denotes the power operator and sqrt()
is a function from the math
module in Python that calculates the square root of a number.
Here's an example Python code that finds the diagonal distance between two points:
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Output:
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So, in this case, the diagonal distance between the two points (3, 4) and (7, 9) is approximately 6.71 units.
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