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Question
Find the distance between the following pair of points
(a, b) and (c, b)
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Solution
Distance between the two points (a, b) and (c, b)
= `sqrt((x_2 - x_1)^2 + (y_2 - y_1)^2`
= `sqrt(("c" - "a")^2 + ("b" - "b")^2`
= `sqrt(("c" - "a")^2`
= c – a units
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