Question

Calculate the distance between (8 - 2i) and (4- 2i)

Answer 1

Answer:

4

The Problem:

Compute the distance between 8-2i and 4-2i.

Step-by-step explanation:

This is equivalent to asking the distance from point (8,-2) to point (4,-2).

The nice thing about this problem is that the y-coordinates are the same which means it is just a horizontal distance. It can either be counted or just find the distance between the x's by finding the positive difference; that is do larger minus smaller.

8-4=4.

The distance between the points is 4.