164k views
3 votes
What is the distance between the points (5, 1) and (-3,-5)?

2V5

2 V 10

10

4V5

1 Answer

5 votes

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

User Sergino
by
6.8k points