To solve this problem, you will use the Distance Formula to find the distance between two coordinate points.
Set Up the Distance Formula
The Distance Formula is defined as follows:
We must title our points by the standard coordinate naming system:
Therefore, our points can be labeled:
Substitute Known Values for Variables
Now, substitute the known values as the variables in the Distance Formula:
You must know the BPEMDAS acronym, which stands for:
Brackets
Parentheses
Exponents
Multiplication
Division
Addition
Subtraction
Simplify the expression using BPEMDAS:
Remember that when a number is raised to the 2nd power, it is the same thing as multiplying the number by itself:
Simplify further by removing the parentheses:
Compute the additive operation:
Simplify the Radicand
The number that is placed inside of a square root symbol (or a radical symbol) is referred to as the radicand.
In this situation, the radicand is 25.
To simplify the radicand, you may either use a calculator to compute the result, or you can determine which number raised to the 2nd power will result in a final answer of 25.
In this case, we can determine that 5² will result in a final answer of 25.
The final answer is 5 units.