sorry about this, but if u see properly, u might have noticed that I interchanged the values when I substituted in the formula, i.e I took "y2-y1" instead of "y1-y2". But, as u may know, when u reverse the subtraction of 2 numbers, u just get the negative answer, the absolute number isn't changed. So, "x-y" = -"y-x". But, in the formula, these terms are squared, and whether they are negative or positive, their squares are the same.