Question

Please i need help :(

Find the distance between (15. – 17) and (-20, -5).
The distance is
units.

Answer 1

37 units

Explanation:

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

Using the distance formula above,

distance between (15, -17) and (-20, -5)

`= \sqrt{[15 - ( - 20)]^(2) + [ - 17 - ( - 5)] {}^(2) } \\ = \sqrt{(15 + 20)^(2) + ( - 17 + 5)^(2) } \\ = \sqrt{35 ^(2) + ( - 12) {}^(2) } \\ = √(1225 + 144) \\ = √(1369) \\ = 37 \: units`