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Distance formula in three dimension

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Anonymous

11y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

The answer depends on the metric that is used for measuring distance. For most metrics the 3-d formula is simply the extension of the 2-d version. For example, the Pythagorean formula, for the distance between X = (a,b,c) and Y = (d,e,f) is

distance = sqrt[(d-a)2 + (e-b)2 + (c-f)2]

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