SOLUTION: what is the distance between the orign and the pont representing the real number

Question 103677: what is the distance between the orign and the pont representing the real number
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Let's say you had the point (,). So the distance between (0,0) and (,) is

So let's say we had the point (2,3) and we wanted to know the distance from (0,0) to (2,3)

Start with the previously solved formula

Plug in and

Square each term

Add

So the distance from (0,0) to (2,3) is

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