Question

HOW CAN YOU USE THE X COORDINATES ( 6 AND -2) OF THE POINTS TO FIND THE DISTANCE?

Answer 1

From the given question

There are given that the point of x-coordinates (6, and -2)

Now,

From the distance formula:

`D=\sqrt[]{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2}`

So,

We can put the value of x-coordinate, which is given in the question, into the above formula to find the distance.

For example:

Let y- coordinate is (5, 1)

Then,

From the above formula, put all values from both point (6, -2) and (5, 1)

So,

`\begin{gathered} D=\sqrt[]{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2} \\ D=\sqrt[]{(5_{}-6)^2+(1_{}+2_{})^2} \\ D=\sqrt[]{(-1)^2+(3)^2} \\ D=\sqrt[]{1^{}+9} \\ D=\sqrt[]{10} \end{gathered}`

Hence, the value of the distance is shown below:

`D=\sqrt[]{10}`