Question

Can someone please explain how the answer is D

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Because the length of ST is calculated using pythagorean theorem:

${c}^{2} = {a}^{2} + {b}^{2}$

Where the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of squares of the other two sides of a right triangle. In this case, the hypotenuse is ST and the other two sides are distances between S and T over the X and Y axis. Those are easily calculated:

$x = |sx - tx| \\ y = |sy - ty|$

Where x is the distance between S and T over X axis and Y distance over Y axis, sx and tx are X coordinates of S and T, sy and ty are Y coordinates of S and T.

Using that formula, you get that y = 17 and x = 8.

Back to the pythagorean theorem, if we put those number in the formula of the pythagorean theorem, we get something like this:

${c}^{2} = {x}^{2} + {y}^{2} \\ {c}^{2} = {8}^{2} + {17}^{2} = 64 + 289 \\ {c}^{2} = 353 \\ c = \sqrt{353}$

And finally, the correct answer is in fact 353.