Maths & numbers
Distance between two points
Find straight-line distance in a two-dimensional coordinate plane.
A clear answer. Here’s how.
Euclidean distance = hypot(x₂−x₁, y₂−y₁). Both axes must use the same scale and units. This is planar geometry, not a geographic distance on the Earth.
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Worked example
A fixed demonstration, separate from the values you enter above.
- First x
- 0
- First y
- 0
- Second x
- 3
- Second y
- 4
Example result
- Distance
- 5
- Change in x
- 3
- Change in y
- 4