Distance Command

Distance[Point A, Object O]

Yields the (shortest) distance between points A and the Object. Works for Points, Segments, Lines, Conics and Implicit Curves. When f is a function, Distance[A,f] returns distance between A and (x(A),f(x(A))).

Note: In GeoGebra 3.2 Distance[Point A, Segment] gave the distance to the segment extended to an infinite line. From GeoGebra 4.0 it gives the distance to the Segment itself.

Distance[Line g, Line h]

Yields the distance between the parallel lines g and h.

Note: The distance between intersecting lines is 0. Thus, this command is only interesting for parallel lines.

Note: See also Distance or Length tool .