Create Coordinate.js

This is a new file that should serve as a future collection of algorithms involving solutions for coordinates. The first algorithm is a function to calculate the distance between 2 coordinates on a 2D plane.
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/*
Calculate the mathematical properties involving coordinates
Calculate the Distance Between 2 Points on a 2 Dimensional Plane
Example: coorDistance(2,2,14,11) will return 15
Wikipedia reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_distance#Flat-surface_formulae
*/
const distance2points = (longitude1, latitude1, longitude2, latitude2) => {
const width = longitude2 - longitude1;
const height = latitude2 - latitude1;
return (Math.sqrt(width * width + height * height));
};
export { distance2points };