URGENT What is the distance between the two points (-5, 6) and (8,-4)?
2 answers:
Given parameters:
Coordinates of the two points = (-5, 6) and (8,-4)
Unknown:
Distance between the two points.
To find the distance between two points, use the expression below;
Distance ² = (x₂ - x₁)² + (y₂ - y₁)²
where;
(-5, 6) and (8,-4)
x₂ = 8 , x₁ = -5 , y₂ = -4 and y₁ = 6
Input the parameters and solve;
Distance² = (8-(-5))² + (-4 - (6))²
= 169 + 100
= 269
Distance = = 16.4
The distance between the two points is 16.4
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