Question

Am I right on this?... To find the distance from two points in a graph I use the x1,y1 and x2,y2 formula?

Answer 1

I think you are referring to this formula?

\[\Large d = \sqrt{\left(x_{2}-x_{1}\right)^2+\left(y_{2}-y_{1}\right)^2}\]

Answer 2

but it looks like this...

Answer 3

ok you can use that formula above, or you can simply count out the spaces between the two points

you can only count out the spaces if

a) the points have the same x coordinate (one point is directly above the other)
OR
b)the points have the same y coordinate (the two points are on the same horizontal level)

Answer 4

(-7,5) (-7,-3) the points do have the same x.

Answer 5

so you can count out the spaces between the points

if you don't want to count out the spaces, you can subtract the coodinates that aren't the same (in this case, the y coordinates)

take the absolute value to ensure the result is positive

|5 - (-3)| = ??

Answer 6

(0,2) ??

Answer 7

Am i right?

Answer 8

no, the distance is going to be a single number

Answer 9

so 2

Answer 10

5 - (-3) is not equal to 2

Answer 11

i mean 7

Answer 12

the two negatives make a positive

5 - (-3) = 5+3 = 8

Answer 13

count it out: there are 8 spaces between the two points

Answer 14

i am horrible at math today.

Answer 15

thanks

Answer 16

you're welcome