Visiting a friend
In a special 4-dimensional city, every point in space is represented by a set of four numbers ( i.e. ). The numbers form the coordinates of a given point. The distance between any two adjacent points is 1 unit. Jordan wants to get from his house at to his friend Nadroj's house at . What is the distance in points that Jordan has to travel?
The answer is 16.
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1 solution
You must find the magnitude of 4 vectors using pathagoream theorm, from the first coordinate to the 2nd coordinate is separated by 8 on each of the 4 vector quantities. So sqrt(4x8^2) = sqrt256 = 16.