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submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The hypotnuse is shorter than the other two sides combined. That is the usage here though

[–] [email protected] 54 points 9 months ago (1 children)

"the shortest distance between two points is a straight line" is what is being used here. It forming a triangle is incidental.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

Ah yes some euclidean space