Question

find distance between (10, –8), (4, 0)

Answer 1

Recall that the distance between two points \(\large (x_1,y_1)\) and \(\large (x_2,y_2)\) is given by the formula \(\large d = \sqrt{(x_2-x_1)^2 + (y_2-y_1)^2}\). If you have the two points \(\large (10,8)\) and \(\large (4,0)\), what do you get when you plug them into that formula?

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Answer 2

yes ive done that bu the answers are a.2 b.10 c.16 d.100
the answer im constantly get is 28

Answer 3

Can you show your work so we can see where things are going wrong? :-)

Answer 4

If you plug in the points, you should get \(\large d=\sqrt{ (4−10)^2+(0-(−8))^2}\). What do you get when you simplify this?