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Re: Distance between 2 points

• Posted by "Carl R. White" <C.R.White at SCM.BRAD.AC.UK> Sep 30, 1998
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On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, PatRat wrote:

> Hello,
> Does any1 know how to calulate the distance and angle from
> point A to point B given their coordinates.
> Thanks

At the risk of answering homework here :)

opposite = b[Y] - a[Y]
adjacent = b[X] - a[X]

distance = sqrt(power(opposite,2)+power(adjacent,2))

angle = arctan(opposite/adjacent)

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