SOLUTION: "Consider some similarities and differences between the Distance Formula and the Pythagorean Theorem. Then try to convince someone (or yourself) how you can get the distance formul

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Question 1095831: "Consider some similarities and differences between the Distance Formula and the Pythagorean Theorem. Then try to convince someone (or yourself) how you can get the distance formula from the Pythagorean Theorem."
Answer by josgarithmetic(39621)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Pythagorean Theorem with or without coordinates;
Distance Formula is done using coordinates.

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