Question

What is the distance between the points (5, 13) and (-8, -9) on a coordinate plane rounded to the nearest tenth unit?

Answer 1

Answer:

25.6

Step-by-step explanation:

Use the distance formula.

$d = \sqrt{(x_2 - x_1)^2 + (y_2-y_1)^2}\\d = \sqrt{(-8 - 5)^2 + (-9-13)^2}\\d = \sqrt{(-13)^2 + (-22)^2}\\d = \sqrt{169 + 484}\\d = \sqrt{653}$