Question

A line segment has endpoints of (-3, 2) and (5, -2). Find the distance between the endpoints.

Answer 1

Answer:

$d=8.9\ units$

Step-by-step explanation:

we know that

the formula to calculate the distance between two points is equal to

$d=\sqrt{(y2-y1)^{2}+(x2-x1)^{2}}$

we have

(-3, 2) and (5, -2)

substitute the values in the formula

$d=\sqrt{(-2-2)^{2}+(5+3)^{2}}$

$d=\sqrt{(-4)^{2}+(8)^{2}}$

$d=\sqrt{80}\ units$

$d=8.94\ units$

Round to the nearest tenth

$d=8.9\ units$