Question

What is the distance between the following points? A. 5B. 7 C. Square root of 12D. Square root of 28

Answer 1

The coordinates of the given points are

(4, 2) and (8, 5)

To find the distance between the two points, we use the distance formula

`d=√((x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2)`

Applying the formula we have

`\begin{gathered} d=√((8-4)^2+(5-2)^2) \\ d=√(4^2+3^2) \\ d=√(16+9) \\ d=√(25) \\ d=5 \end{gathered}`

Hence the answer is 5