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[Hacktoberfest2020] Added program to find distance between two coordinates #3512

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16 changes: 16 additions & 0 deletions maths/distance.py
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"""
Finding distance between a pair of coordinates (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)
"""


def getDistance(x1, y1, x2, y2):
"""
Using the standard distance Formula
**2 is to perform square operation
**5 is to perform square root operation
"""
return ((x2 - x1) ** 2 + (y2 - y1) ** 2) ** 0.5


if __name__ == "__main__":
print(f"The distance between the points is {getDistance(2, 4, 7, 16)} units")