Find The Distance Between Each Pair Of Points Leave Your Answer In Radical

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Solution

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Let one point be (x1, y1) and the other point (x2, y2)

Find the vertical and horizontal differences between the two points:

Vertical: difference of the y’s ( y2 – y1)

Horizontal: difference of the x’s (x2 – x1)

The vertical and horizontal differences form the legs of a right triangle

The distance from one point to the other is the hypotenuse of the right triangle

Pythagorean theorem states: The sum of the squares of the legs is equal to the square of the hypotenuse

Using this: (x2 – x1)^2 + (y2 – y1)^2 = hypotenuse^2. (The symbol ^ means exponent)

Squaring both sides to get the hypotenuse

Square root of [ (x2 – x1)^2 + (y2 – y1)^2 ] = the distance

This is the distance formula and can be used for any values of x and y.