Let's think of the graphs:
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| 1------( y = 1 )-----
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--------------------- (x axis)
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| -1
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| -2
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| -3 -------( y = -3 ) -----------
You can see the distance between these two lines is 4.
You can just subtract the two lines, since they are parallel. 1 - (-3) = 4
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The distance is 4
Points: (-4, 3) and (3, -1) Distance: (3--4)2+(-1-3)2 = 65 and the square root if this is the distance which is just over 8
7.2111 (rounded)
Distance between (1, 3) and (-1, 0.5) = sqrt[(1 - -1)2 + (3 - 0.5)2] = sqrt(22 + 2.52) = sqrt(10.25) = 3.20 approx.
Use Pythagoras to find the distance between two points (x0,.y0) and (x1, y1): distance = √(change_in_x² + change_in_y²) → distance = √((x1 - x0)² + (y1 - y0)²) → distance = √((4 - 1)² + (-1 -2)²) → distance = √(3² + (-2)²) → distance = √(9 + 9) → distance = √18 = 3 √2