What is the distance between (–2, 3) and (–2, –7)?
1 Answer
May 16, 2016
distance
Explanation:
Start by labelling each coordinate.
(x_1,y_1)=(color(red)(-2),color(blue)3)
(x_2,y_2)=(color(darkorange)(-2),color(purple)(-7))
Using the distance formula,
d=sqrt((x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2 )
substitute the variables into the formula to find the distance between the two coordinates.
Thus,
d=sqrt((color(darkorange)(-2)-(color(red)(-2)))^2+(color(purple)(-7)-color(blue)3)^2 )
d=sqrt((-2+2)^2+(-10)^2)
d=sqrt(0+100)
d=color(green)(|bar(ul(color(white)(a/a)color(black)(10)color(white)(a/a)|)))