In this note we introduce a pseudometric on closed convex planar curves based on distances between normal lines and show its basic properties. Then we use this pseudometric to give a shorter proof of the theorem by Pinchasi that the sum of perimeters of 𝑘 convex planar bodies with disjoint interiors contained in a convex body of perimeter 𝑝 and diameter 𝑑 is not greater than 𝑝 + 2(𝑘 − 1)𝑑.
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