Question

Assign point_dist with the distance between point (x1, y1) and point (x2, y2). The calculation is: Distance = SquareRootOf( (x2 - x1)2 + (y2 - y1)2 ).Sample output with inputs: 1.0 2.0 1.0 5.0

Points distance: 3.0code given:
import mathpoint_dist = 0.0x1 = float(input())
y1 = float(input())
x2 = float(input())
y2 = float(input())point_dist = (x1 y1) (x2 y2) (solution that i tried)print('Points distance:', point_dist)

Answer 1

The student needs to calculate the distance between two points using the distance formula. The corrected code applies the formula using Python's math library to compute and print out the distance.

Step-by-step explanation:

The student is attempting to calculate the distance between two points in a plane, a concept covered in mathematics. To compute the distance, you should use the Pythagorean theorem, which in this case is represented by the formula: Distance = √((x2 - x1)2 + (y2 - y1)2). The code provided needs to correctly implement this formula using the Python programming language and its math library. Here is the corrected version of the code:

import math

point_dist = 0.0
x1 = float(input())
y1 = float(input())
x2 = float(input())
y2 = float(input())

point_dist = math.sqrt((x2 - x1)**2 + (y2 - y1)**2)

print('Points distance:', point_dist)

This will output the correct distance between the two points when given their coordinates.