Question 986627: Hi my name is Gabi and I'm trying to do this problem A(0,0),B(8,6) it says that I need to use the Pythagorean theorem to find the distance between each pair of point and I don't really know how to use it
Answer by stanbon(75887)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! Hi my name is Gabi and I'm trying to do this problem A(0,0),B(8,6) it says that I need to use the Pythagorean theorem to find the distance between each pair of points and I don't really know how to use it.
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If you have two points (a,b) and (c,d)
the distance between them is
D = sqrt[(a-c)^2 + (b-d)^2]
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Your Problem::
D = sqrt[(8-0)^2 + (6-0)]^2
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D = sqrt[64+36] = sqrt(100) = 10
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Cheers,
Stan H.
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