Question

What is the distance between the points (4,9) and (14, -11)? Round to the

nearest tenth, if necessary.

Answer 1

Answer: 22.4

Explanation:

The distance formula can be used to solve this problem.

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

We can plug in our x and y values to find the distance.

`D=√((14-4)^2+(-11-9)^2)`

`D=√(10^2+(-20)^2)`

`D=√(100+400)`

`D=√(500)`

`D=22.4`

Our distance between the points is 22.4.