Question

To find the distance between (-3,4) and (3,-1), Jacob's teacher drew a diagram and marked blue lines to represent the legs of a right triangle. Jacob then used 52 and 62 to find the distance represented by the red segment. What distance did he find

Answer 1

I would start by drawing the triangle out. You have the coordinates, and the distance. Can you see where to go once you draw it?

Answer 2

You mean \(5^2\) and \(6^2\), right?

Answer 3

the distance formula is \[\sqrt{(x_{2}-x_{1})^{2}+(y_{2}-y_{1})^{2}}\]