Question

Find the distance between the two points (-4, -5) and (1, -2).

Answer 1

On a graph, these points are arranged something like this: Notice that you can form a right triangle where the two points form two of the triangle's angles. Using the pythagorean theorem, you can solve for the hypotenuse, which is the distance between the two points:\[d = \sqrt{(\Delta x)^{2} + (\Delta y)^{2}}\]