Practice - Distance Metrics
Practice Questions
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What is Euclidean distance in your own words?
💡 Hint: Think about the straight-line distance you would measure with a ruler.
Calculate the Manhattan distance between points (2, 3) and (5, 7).
💡 Hint: Remember to sum the absolute differences for each dimension.
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What does Euclidean distance measure?
💡 Hint: Think about the most direct route between two points.
True or False: Manhattan distance and Euclidean distance are always equivalent.
💡 Hint: Consider how each calculation handles coordinate differences.
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Challenge Problems
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You have points A(1, 2), B(4, 6), and C(3, 3) on a 2D grid. Calculate the distances between these points using both Euclidean and Manhattan metrics and analyze which metric is more suitable under which conditions.
💡 Hint: Use the distance formulas for calculations!
Discuss the implications of using Minkowski distance with p=3 compared to p=1 and p=2 in terms of neighbor selection for k-NN, especially in high-dimensional data.
💡 Hint: Consider how distance affects clustering in high dimensions.
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