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Does knowing the distance between two objects give you enough information to locate the objects

User Divegeek
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No, because a single distance could

correspond to a variety of different positions of the objects.

User Exenza
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Knowing the distance may only give you the relative locations between two points, but not the exact location. So, the answer to his question is no. Knowing the distance does not give enough information. If perhaps the coordinates of both points were given, then that would be considered enough information.
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