Question

What is the distance between the points (–5, –9) and (–5, 13)?
A: 4
B:11
C:16
D:22

Answer 1

distance formula

\[\large d = \sqrt{(x _{2}-x _{1})^{2}+(y _{2}-y _{1})^{2}}\]

Where (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) are your first and second coordinates respectively.

Answer 2

So it's (-9,13) and (-5,-5)?

Answer 3

huh?

Answer 4

I don't know I'm confused.

Answer 5

Just plug in the numbers into the formula.

Answer 6

You get a single number as an answer.

Answer 7

so I multiply -9 and 13, then -5 and -5, then subtract the two numbers?

Answer 8

Your making this much more complicated than it is lol

Answer 9

\[d = \sqrt{(-5+5)^2+(13+9)^2}\]

Answer 10

\[d = \sqrt{(0)^2+(22)^2}\]

Answer 11

\[d = 22 \]

Answer 12

I see lol I do tend to make things a lot harder on myself. thank you for the help! I wrote down the formula for the next problems

Answer 13

Np :)