Question

Find the distance between (4,2) and (-4,-4)

Answer 1

Use the distance formula, and plug in values.

`d = \sqrt{(x_(2)-x_(1) )^(2)<u></u>+(y_(2)-y_(1) )^(2)}`

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

`d = \sqrt{( -8 )^(2)+( -6 )^(2)}`

`d = √(64+36)`

`d= √(100)`

Therefore, the distance is equal to "10".