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It depends on the route that you take. There is nothing in the question to suggest that the distance of interest is the shortest distance. In real life, the quickest route is not necessarily the shortest since travelling on highways may be faster even if longer. In such cases the relevant distance may not be the shortest. Also, you might wish to take the "scenic" route.
In any built-up area the shortest meaningful distance between two points will not be "as the crow flies": the taxicab metric (for example 3 blocks East and 4 blocks North), which was developed by Minkowsky, is more appropriate.
On the surface of a sphere, such as the Earth, the shortest distance is an arc of the great circle. In most cases this is not the straight line on a map.
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This is the measured value from one point to another?
DISTANCE!!!!
How can you make two arrowheads and a rhombus out of a square?
Suppose the square is ABCD. Draw the diagonal AC.Mark one point on the diagonal, P (not the midpoint of AC), at a distance x from A. Mark another point, Q, also on the diagonal, at the same distance from C.Then,PBQD is a rhombus,ABPD and BCDQ are arrowheads.Suppose the square is ABCD. Draw the diagonal AC.Mark one point on the diagonal, P (not the midpoint of AC), at a distance x from A. Mark another point, Q, also on the diagonal, at the same distance from C.Then,PBQD is a rhombus,ABPD and BCDQ are arrowheads.Suppose the square is ABCD. Draw the diagonal AC.Mark one point on the diagonal, P (not the midpoint of AC), at a distance x from A. Mark another point, Q, also on the diagonal, at the same distance from C.Then,PBQD is a rhombus,ABPD and BCDQ are arrowheads.Suppose the square is ABCD. Draw the diagonal AC.Mark one point on the diagonal, P (not the midpoint of AC), at a distance x from A. Mark another point, Q, also on the diagonal, at the same distance from C.Then,PBQD is a rhombus,ABPD and BCDQ are arrowheads.
Why is the shortest distance between 2 points a straight line?
When you curve the line you are travelling you are no longer going directly from one point to the other. If you want to go from one point to another you would want to go directly to the second point.
What formula would you use to find the distance from one point to another?
The Distance Formula! D = square root of (y2-y1) quantity squared + (x2-x1) quantity squared
What is length measuring?
Just the 1 dimensional distance from one point to another
