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C# C# Objects Methods Using Static Methods

Tomasz Necek
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Tomasz Necek
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Posted by Tomasz Necek
Tomasz Necek
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Why it's "double" sqrt ?

Why there is Math.sqrt AND Math.pow ?? The formula is : (x2-x1)squared + (y2-y1)squared . So shouldn'e there be only math.pow ? Math.pow(x-x,2)+ Math.pow(y-y,2) ???

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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,248 Points

The last step of the Pythagoras theorem is the square root.

Check out what Google itself says or any of the pages it will show links to.

Padraic Histon
Padraic Histon
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Padraic Histon
Padraic Histon
8,460 Points

The formula is to get the square root(Math.Sqrt) of xDiffSquared(Math.Pow(X-x, 2)) + yDiffSquared(Math.Pow(Y-y, 2)) so you will need to use both. Hope this helps.