Algorithms Question Three points P, Q, and R are said to be collinear if they are on a single line. To check whether the 3 points lie on the same line, we use the distance formula. If P, Q and R are...

Algorithms Question

Three points P, Q, and R are said to be collinear if they are on a single line. To check whether the 3 points lie on the same line, we use the distance formula. If P, Q and R are three collinear points, then:

Distance from P to Q + Distance from Q to R = Distance from P to R

PQ + QR = PR

The distance between two points (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂) is given by

Hence, we can easily find the distance between the points P, Q and R, with the help of this formula.

Design an algorithm (pseudocode) to check whether three points are collinear. In your solution include the input and the output.