Question

What is the distance between (8,5) and (-2,5)?

Answer 1

10 units

Explanation:

calculate the distance d using the distance formula

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

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (8, 5 ) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (- 2, 5 )

d =
`√((-2-8)^2+(5-5)^2)`

=
`√((-10)^2+0^2)`

=
`√(100)`

= 10

Answer 2

8 + 2 = 10

the distance is 10 units