What is the distance between the points (-20, 18) and (-14, 26)? Select one: 10 units 100 units 36 units 8 units

asked Apr 12, 2022 38.4k views

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What is the distance between the points (-20, 18) and (-14,

26)?
Select one:
10 units
100 units
36 units
8 units

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Answer:

10 units

Explanation:

The distance formula is:

$\sqrt{ {(x _(2) - x_(1)) }^(2) + {( y_(2) - y_(1)) }^(2) }$

$\sqrt{{( - 14 - ( - 20))}^(2) + {(26 - 18)}^(2) } \\ = \sqrt{ {6}^(2) + {8}^(2) } \\ = √(100) \\ = 10$

Michael Hinds answered Apr 17, 2022

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