diff --git a/SLAM/EKFSLAM/ekf_slam.py b/SLAM/EKFSLAM/ekf_slam.py
index 22ccd8d6..66234b57 100644
--- a/SLAM/EKFSLAM/ekf_slam.py
+++ b/SLAM/EKFSLAM/ekf_slam.py
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ def observation(xTrue, xd, u, RFID):
 
         dx = RFID[i, 0] - xTrue[0, 0]
         dy = RFID[i, 1] - xTrue[1, 0]
-        d = math.sqrt(dx ** 2 + dy ** 2)
+        d = math.hypot(dx, dy)
         angle = pi_2_pi(math.atan2(dy, dx) - xTrue[2, 0])
         if d <= MAX_RANGE:
             dn = d + np.random.randn() * Q_sim[0, 0] ** 0.5  # add noise