Question

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What is the distance between points
(2,7) and (8, -1)?
A 10
B 25

Answer 1

Answer:

A. 10

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the distance between two points you use this equation.

$\sqrt{(x2 - x1)^{2} + (y2 - y1)^{2} }$

Next we replace the values.

$\sqrt{(8-2)^{2} + (-1 - 7)^{2} }$

Next we subtract the values.

$\sqrt{6^{2} + (-8)^2}$

Next we square the values to get 36 and 64.

$\sqrt{36 + 64}$

Finally we take the square root of of those two numbers added together.

$\sqrt{100}$ = 10