Answer: d. congruent sides
Explanation:
The distance formula is a formula in geometry to calculate the length of a line segment having two distinct point on a Cartesian plane
The distance formula to calculate the distance between two distinct points A(a,b) and B(p,q) is given by :-

Since it is used to calculate the distance between two points therefore, it is used to check whether a quadrilateral has congruent sides.
Hence, the distance formula can be used to prove a quadrilateral has <u>congruent sides</u>.