How do you find the distance between #(7, 8)# and #(-2, 3)#?
2 Answers
Let's see.
Explanation:
Let the coordinates of two points
Therefore the distance between the two points is
Hence, the distance between
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This is why you use the method adopted by Aditya
Distance between points is
Distance between points is
Explanation:
Looking at the graph below you will observe that you can use the line between the two points like the hypotenuse of a right triangle. Thus we may use Pythagoras the solve for the required length.
Set point 1 as
Set point 2 as
Let the distance between the points be
So the change horizontally is
and the change vertically is
Now comparing to that of Aditya's method
Using Pythagoras
There are only two factors of 106 (other than 1 and 106) and they are prime numbers so we are not able to simplify
Distance between points is
Distance between points is