What is the distance between the two points (1, 3) and (5, -1)?

Question

A. 16

B. 4 sqrt 2

C. 8

D. 2 sqrt 2

Answer 1

d² = (5 - 1)² + (-1 - 3)², Distance Formula, locate and learn.

Answer 2

Hi Erica

Assign your points (x₁, y₁) (x₂, y₂)

You can just use the distance between two points formula

d=SQRT(x₂-x₁)²+(y₂-y₁)²

Plug in your numbers consistently, do the calculation and don’t forget to take the square root.

I get B