Question

Find the distance between points (-3, 8) and (-5, 1).



Find the distance between points (-4, -6) and (5, -1).

Answer 1

The formula for calculating the distance between two points is
\[\sqrt{(x_1-x_2)^2+(y_1-y_2)^2} \]
So for the first two points you have
\[\sqrt{(-3-(-5))^2+(8-1)^2}= \sqrt{(2)^2+(7)^2}= \sqrt{4+49}= \sqrt{53} \]
You should be able to do the other one

Answer 2

The distance formula is

So plug in the points ;D