Question

Find the distance between the points (8, 8) and (3, 3). Write your answer as a simplified radical.

Answer 1

`5√(2)`

Explanation:

We will need to use the distance formula, which is as follows:

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

Basically, the difference in the ys and xs squared, added together, and square rooted :D

We just need to plug in the numbers + solve :)

`\sqrt{(8 - 3)^(2) + (8 - 3)^(2)}`

`\sqrt{(5)^(2) + (5)^(2)}`

`√(25 + 25)`

`√(50)`

`5√(2)`