Question

How do you find the distance between (2,-12) and (7,0)?

Answer 1

`13`

Explanation:

We can calculate the distance between these two points by using the formula

`"distance" = sqrt((x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2)`

So here `x_2` is `7` and `x_1` is `2` and `y_2` is `0` and `y_1` is `-12`, so the distance between these is

`sqrt((7-2)^2+(0+12)^2) = sqrt(25+144) = sqrt(169) = "13 units"`