Question

What is the distance between the points (1, 25) and (4, 21)

Answer 1

Hello!

To find the distance between the points (1, 25) and (4, 21), you need to use the distance formula.

The distance formula is:
`d =\sqrt{(x_(2)-x_(1))^(2)+(y_(2)-y_(1))^(2)}`. With the distance formula, you have to assign the ordered pairs before substituting them into the formula, which is also used to to find the slope of functions.

`d =\sqrt{(21-25)^(2)+(4-1)^(2)}`

`d =\sqrt{(-4)^(2)+(3)^(2)}`

`d=√(25)`

`d=5`

Therefore, the distance between the two points is 5 units.