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OK, let me preface this by stating I never took math beyond 11th grade Algebra, which I barely passed (although I did get straight A's in Geometry the year before).
As I recall, a line theoretically extends infinitely in 2 directions.
Let's say we have a start line at the end of a street, and one block over, the finish line, on the exact line extended as the start.
Is the distance between the start and finish Zero, since they occupy the same line in space, or is it the width of the block? And if that latter, is it from the two closest points on the line, the farthest, or the middle?
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I think the star and finish are indeed points. While he participants may toe a LINE, there is one POINT on that line that is the shortest distance from the first turn.

Here's a question, though: Let's say the course is a loop (start and finish in the same direction) and the first turn is a left and the last turn is a right. In theory, the start is on one side of the street and the finish is on the other. Should we so describe it that way on the map, or should we simply choose either of the points and use it for both the start and finish?

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