Question

Find the distance between the points (3,4) and (–8,4)Question 3 options:412115

Answer 1

5 units

1) To find out the distance between those two points, we need to make use of the following formula:

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

Note that this formula is derived from the Pythagorean Theorem.

2) Let's now plug into that the given points:

`\begin{gathered} d=\sqrt[]{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2} \\ d=\sqrt[]{(-8_{}-3_{})^2+(4-4)^2} \\ d=5 \end{gathered}`

3) Hence, the answer is