Calculating distance between two points using pythagorean theorem [closed]

Answer 1

You will commonly see this notation 'dy, dx' which stands for difference y and difference x. You simply work out the differences on both axises, the get the square root of both differences squared as per the theorum.(the sum of the hype is equal to the square of the other two sides).

var dx:Number = x1-x2;
var dy:Number = y1-y2;
var distance:Number = Math.sqrt(dx*dx + dy*dy);

Hope this is clear enough