```{r data generation, echo = FALSE, results = "hide"} p <- c(sample(1:3, 1), sample(1:5, 1)) q <- c(sample((p[1] + 1):5, 1), sample(1:5, 1)) d <- abs(p - q) sol <- round(c(sum(d), sqrt(sum(d^2)), max(d)), digits = 3) ``` Question ======== Given two points $p = (`r p[1]`, `r p[2]`)$ and $q = (`r q[1]`, `r q[2]`)$ in a Cartesian coordinate system: Questionlist ------------ * What is the Manhattan distance $d_1(p, q)$? * What is the Euclidean distance $d_2(p, q)$? * What is the maximum distance $d_\infty(p, q)$? Solution ======== The distances are visualized below in green ($d_1$), red ($d_2$), and blue ($d_\infty$). ```{r dist, echo = FALSE, results = "hide", fig.path = "", fig.cap = ""} par(mar = c(4, 4, 1, 1)) plot(0, type = "n", xlim = c(0, 6), ylim = c(0, 6), xlab = "x", ylab = "y") grid(col = "slategray") if(d[1] >= d[2]) { lines(c(p[1], q[1]), c(q[2], q[2]) - 0.05, lwd = 2, col = "darkblue") } else { lines(c(p[1], p[1]) - 0.05, c(p[2], q[2]), lwd = 2, col = "darkblue") } lines(rbind(p, q), lwd = 2, col = "darkred") lines(c(p[1], p[1], q[1]), c(p[2], q[2], q[2]), lwd = 2, col = "darkgreen") points(rbind(p, q), pch = 19) text(rbind(p, q), c("p", "q"), pos = c(2, 4)) ``` Solutionlist ------------ * $d_1(p, q) = \sum_i |p_i - q_i| = |`r p[1]` - `r q[1]`| + |`r p[2]` - `r q[2]`| = `r sol[1]`$. * $d_2(p, q) = \sqrt{\sum_i (p_i - q_i)^2} = \sqrt{(`r p[1]` - `r q[1]`)^2 + (`r p[2]` - `r q[2]`)^2} = `r sol[2]`$. * $d_\infty(p, q) = \max_i |p_i - q_i| = \max(|`r p[1]` - `r q[1]`|, |`r p[2]` - `r q[2]`|) = `r sol[3]`$. Meta-information ================ extype: cloze exsolution: `r sol[1]`|`r sol[2]`|`r sol[3]` exclozetype: num|num|num exname: Distances extol: 0.01