Question

Is finding the distance between two points in the rectangular coordinate system related to the Pythagorean theorem? Why or why not? Provide an example in your answer.

Answer 1

Answer:

Yes it is related

Explanation:

Consider 2 points in a rectangular co-ordinate system

$(x_{1},y_{1}),(x_{2},y_{2})$

The distance between them can be found by

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

This is clear from the figure attached below