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[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 55 points 10 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.

[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 10 months ago

Ah yes some euclidean space