Question

What is the distance between the points (5, 1) and (-3,-5)?

2V5

2 V 10

10

4V5

Answer 1

Answer: THIRD OPTION.

Explanation:

For this exercise you need to use the formula for calculate the distance between two points. This is:

`d=√((x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2)`

Given the following points:

`(5, 1)` and
`(-3,-5)`

You can identify that:

`x_2=-3\\x_1=5\\\\y_2=-5\\y_1=1`

Knowing these values, the next step is to substitute them into the equation for calculate the distance between two points and then evaluate.

Therefore, the distance between
`(5, 1)` and
`(-3,-5)` is:

`d=√((-3-5)^2+(-5-1)^2)\\\\d=10`