How do you find the distance between points (5,8), (5,7)?

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Answer 1 · 2017-05-01T14:06:29

See the solution process below:

The formula for calculating the distance between two points is:

#d = sqrt((color(red)(x_2) - color(blue)(x_1))^2 + (color(red)(y_2) - color(blue)(y_1))^2)#

Substituting the values from the points in the problem gives:

#d = sqrt((color(red)(5) - color(blue)(5))^2 + (color(red)(7) - color(blue)(8))^2)#

#d = sqrt(0^2 + (-1)^2)#

#d = sqrt(0 + 1)#

#d = sqrt(1)#

#d = 1#