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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def direct2dDistance(self, point):
 """consider the distance between two mapPoints, ignoring all terrain, pathing issues"""

        if not isinstance(point, MapPoint): return 0.0
        return  ((self.x-point.x)**2 + (self.y-point.y)**2)**(0.5) # simple distance formula