Question

What is the distance between `(7,-16)` and `(-14,24)`?

Answer 1

`45.177`

Explanation:

The distance between two points `(x_1,y_1)` and `(x_2,y_2)` is given by

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

Hence distance between `(7,−16)` and `(−14,24)` is

`sqrt(((-14)-7)^2+(24-(-16)^2)` or

`sqrt((-21)^2+(40)^2)` or

`sqrt(441+1600)` or `sqrt2041` or `45.177`