Question

Please help What is the distance between points (5, 2) and(-3,-4) on the coordinate
plane? *

Answer 1

10 units

Explanation:

Calculate the distance d using the distance formula

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

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (5, 2) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (- 3, - 4)

d =
`√((-3-5)^2+(-4-2)^2)`

=
`√((-8)^2+(-6)^2)`

=
`√(64+36)`

=
`√(100)`

= 10