Question

Finding Distance in the Coordinate Plane

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1.41
(5,4)
What is the distance between (-1, 4) and (5, 4)?
Draw a line connecting the points. This is a
Yline.
The points have the same
To find the distance, use the expression
The distance between the points is units.
5
4 -3 -2 -1

Answer 1

The distance between the two points (-1, 4) and (5, 4) is 6 units.

Explanation:

The given Coordinate points are (-1, 4) and (5, 4).

The points are considered as (x1,y1) and (x2,y2).

Here,

x1 = -1 and x2 = 5

y1 = 4 and y2 = 4

The distance formula is given by :

Distance =
`√((x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2)`

To find the distance between these two points :

The distance formula is used,

Distance =
`√((5+1)^2+(4-4)^2)`

⇒ √(6)²

⇒ √36

⇒ 6

Therefore, the between the points is 6 units.