What is the distance between the points 6, -7) and (1, 5)?

Question

It's homework

Answer 1

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Answer 2

I recommend the learner to follow Matt's directions. Formulas and shortcuts will be forgotten after some time. But you will always remember a methods you have learned.

Answer 3

This is a question that requires the distance formula:

d=√[(x₂-x₁)²+(y₂-y₁)²]

Make the coordinates of one point x₁ and y₁, and the other point's coordinates x₂ and y₂. Plug them in and solve. Here's the set up:

d=√[(6-1)²+(-7-5)²] or d=√[(1-6)²+(5-(-7))²]. It's important to keep the x₁ and x₂ as well as the y₁ and y₂ coordinates in order.