Question

Is finding the distance between two points in the rectangular coordinate system related to the Pythagorean theorem? Why or why not? Provide an example in your answer.

Answer 1

Yes it is related

Step-by-step explanation:

Consider 2 points in a rectangular co-ordinate system

`(x_(1),y_(1)),(x_(2),y_(2))`

The distance between them can be found by

d =
`\sqrt{(x_(1)-x_(2))^(2)-(y_(2)-y_(1))^{^(2)}}`

This is clear from the figure attached below