In plain geometry, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, or, more precisely, the line segment connecting point A to point B.
There are other possibilities when we move off a two-dimensional plane. On a sphere, like the surface of the earth, a "great circle" path is the shortest distance. (A great circle is a circle that runs along the surface of that sphere so as to cut it into two equal halves) Any route from A to B is going to be the arc drawn from A to B with the center of the earth as the point of reference (the place to put the point of the compass). This is an example of non-Euclidean geometry and there are many others.
It can get even more complicated. For example, there is elliptic and a hyperbolic geometry each with its own different replacement for the straight line in plain geometry.
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The shortest distance between the two points is zero
In plane geometry, the shortest distance between two points is a line. In spherical geometry, the shortest distance between two points is a segment of a great circle. The distance between one point and another is known as the displacement.
In plane geometry, the shortest distance between two points is a line. In spherical geometry, the shortest distance between two points is a segment of a great circle. The distance between one point and another is known as the displacement.
A line is the shortest distance between two points. I can't understand what this question asks, but it seems to be asking for that particular answer.
The shortest distance between any two points is called displacement.
nanometers are 1 billionth of a centimiter Theoretically, a nanometer can still be divided into smaller units. A point is also theoretical and has no dimensions, so there is no shortest distance.
If the two lines are parallel, then the shortest distance between them is a single, fixed quantity. It is the distance between any point on one line along the perpendicular to the line.Now consider the situation where the two lines meet at a point X, at an angle 2y degrees. Suppose you wish to find points on the lines such that the shortest distance between them is 2d units. [The reason for using multiples of 2 is that it avoids fractions].The points are at a distance d*cos(y) from X, along each of the two lines.
The distance postulate is such: the shortest distance between two points is a line.(xy, x-y) The distance postulate is such: the shortest distance between two points is a line.(xy, x-y)
The shortest distance in the world between two country capitals is between Vienna, Austria and Bratislava, Slovakia. i believe the distance is about 58km. Source: Personal Experience
the questions is " do you know what is the shortest distance betwen two placs on a globes's surface? "
The perpendicular distance is the shortest.
distance is the measure of the length between two points where as displacement is the shortest distance between the points.