Question

Distance formula from the origin?
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Answer 1

Explanation:

I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "from the origin", but hopefully this helps.

The distance formula for a Cartesian coordinate system (your standard x-y graph) is
`d=\sqrt{(x1-x2)^(2)+(y2-y1)^(2)}`.

If you're measuring "from the origin", that just means one of your points is (0,0).

For example, if you were to measure between the origin and the point (1,4) your formula would look like this:

`d=\sqrt{0-1)^(2)+(0-4)^(2)}\\d=\sqrt{(-1)^(2)+(-4)^(2)} \\d=√(1+16) \\d=√(17)`

So, the distance between the origin and (1,4) is
`√(17)`.

I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions!