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## [Euclidean distance formula: computing, rejecting the negative root and comparing by squares](/en/derivations/derivation-mko-distance-formula-01/?from=%2Fen%2Fderivations%2F%3Fq%3Dmko-distance-formula)

In one equal-unit orthonormal Cartesian frame let P=(1,2), Q=(4,6) and R=(6,−1). Find d(P,Q) and explain why the candidate −5 is not a distance; find the exact form of d(P,R) and decide that it is not an integer; compare d(P,Q) with d(P,R) through their squares; finally check that coincident points have distance zero and that the distance does not depend on the order in which the two points are written.

Euclidean distance in an equal-unit orthonormal frame

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