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Find the distance between two points

haskell
data Floating n => Point2 n = Point2 n n

distance :: Floating n => Point2 n -> Point2 n -> n
distance (Point2 x1 y1) (Point2 x2 y2) = sqrt (x'*x' + y'*y')
where
x' = x1 - x2
y' = y1 - y2


-- > distance (Point2 5 10) (Point2 3 5)
-- 5.385...
-- > distance (Point2 1 1) (Point2 2 2)
-- 1.414...