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Distance in Space

There is also a distance formula for points in space. If A has coordinates (a,b,c) and D has coordinates (d,e,f) then the distance from A to D is  
 \begin{displaymath}
\sqrt{(a-d)^2 + (b-e)^2 + (c-f)^2}.\end{displaymath} (2)

Exercises:

1.
Find the distance between each pair of points:
(a)
(2,3,4) and (5,-3,5);
(b)
(6,-3,2) and $(4,\pi,1/8)$;
(c)
(-1,2,-3) and (99,4,-9).
2.
Describe geometrically the solution to the inequality
$\sqrt{(x-1)^2 + (y-2)^2 + (z-3)^2} < 12$.


Eric S Key
6/11/2001