How do you find the distance between (7,2), (-5,7)?
1 Answer
Mar 30, 2018
Explanation:
The easiest way to find the distance between two points is to use the distance formula:
It looks really complicated and confusing, but I'll help you through it.
Remember that points are in the form:
- I am going to call
#(7,2)# Point 1, so:
#x_1 = 7#
#y_1 = 2# - I'm going to call
#(-5,7)# Point 2, so:
#x_2 = -5#
#y_2 = 7#
Now all we have to do is substitute those into the equation and solve. Here goes nothing:
So the distance between