Cartesian Coordinates and Geometric Measurement

How can coordinates alone determine geometric distances and angles in three dimensions?

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How can coordinates alone determine geometric distances and angles in three dimensions?

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The displacement between two points is the component-wise difference of their coordinates, and its Euclidean norm gives the straight-line distance.