Write a Python function distance(x1, y1, x2, y2)
    that
    returns the distance between the specified two-dimensional
    points, (x1, y1) and
    (x2, y2).  The distance, \(d\), between two
    points can
    be calculated with the equation:
  
$$d = \sqrt{(x_1 - x_2)^2 + (y_1 - y_2)^2}$$