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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
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(2) |
Exercises:
- 1.
- Find the distance between each pair of points:
- (a)
- (2,3,4) and (5,-3,5);
- (b)
- (6,-3,2) and
; - (c)
- (-1,2,-3) and (99,4,-9).
- 2.
- Describe geometrically the solution to the inequality
.
Eric S Key
6/11/2001