What is the distance between the points (21,-30) and (3, 8)?
1 Answer
Jul 7, 2016
42.0
Explanation:
First, calculate the horizontal distance and vertical distance between the points. To do this we use the
The horizontal distance,
The vertical distance,
These two distances can be considered as the base and vertical side of a right angled triangle, with the distance between the two as the hypotenuse.
The we use Pythagoras' theorem to find the hypotenuse,
The distance between the points is then