Question

Find the distance between the two points. Round to the nearest tenth if necessary.

(10, –8), (4, 0)

Answer 1

when you have two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) you can find the distance between them using

\[distance= \sqrt{(x2-x1)^{2}+(y2-y1)^{2}}\]

so plug in
x1=10
x2=4
y1=-8
y2=0