Question

Given point A(-4,3) and point B (-1,1), what is the distance in nearest feet between points A and B on this corporate campus?

Answer 1

The closest distance is about 4 feet.

In order to find this, you can plot these two points. Once you have done so, you can create a right triangle in which the difference in x and the difference and y are the two legs. Then use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the hypotenuse (or distance between).

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

2^2 + 3^2 = c^2

4 + 9 = c^2

13 = c^2

Sqrt(13) = c = about 3.6