Question

Which expression shows the correct way to find the distance between (23,43) and (17,14) ?

Answer 1

I am pretty sure you subtract but in case it would be
(23,43) - (17,14).
(6,19) should be the answer

Answer 2

`d=\sqrt{(14-43)^(2)+(17-23)^(2)}`

Explanation:

we know that

the formula to calculate the distance between two points is equal to

`d=\sqrt{(y2-y1)^(2)+(x2-x1)^(2)}`

In this problem we have

`A(23,43)\\B(17,14)`

substitute the values

`d=\sqrt{(14-43)^(2)+(17-23)^(2)}`

`d=√(841+36)`

`d=√(877)\ units`