SOLUTION: i am trying to find the distance (0,8) and(0,-4) am i right with this? 7 6 5 4 3

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Question 78181: i am trying to find the distance (0,8) and(0,-4) am i right with this?
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-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4
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from (0,to-4) -3

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Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Solved by pluggable solver: Distance between two points in two dimensions
The distance (denoted by d) between two points in two dimensions is given by the following formula:

d=sqrt%28%28x1-x2%29%5E2+%2B+%28y1-y2%29%5E2%29

Thus in our case, the required distance is
d=sqrt%28%280-0%29%5E2+%2B+%288--4%29%5E2%29=+12+


For more on this concept, refer to Distance formula.


So the distance is 12 units.

Another way you could do this is count from the point (0,-4) up to (0,8) and you'll get 12 units also.