Question

What is the distance between the following points?

Answer 1

A) 5

Explanation:

Using the distance formula:

`d = \sqrt{(x_(2)-x_(1))^2 + (y_2-y_1)^2 }`

you can plug in both the points for

`d = √((8-4)^2 + (5-2)^2)`

`d = √((4)^2 + (3)^2)`

`d = √(16 + 9)`

`d = √(25)`

d = 5