What is the distance between (15,24) and (42,4)?

1 Answer
Nov 23, 2015

The distance between (15,24) and (42,4) is approximately 33.6 units.

Explanation:

The formula for the distance between 2 points is:

d=((x2x1)2+(y2y1)2)

1st point: (x1,y1) = (15,24)
2nd point: (x2,y2) = (42,4)

Substitute the points into the distance formula:

d=((x2x1)2+(y2y1)2)
d=((42)(15))2+((4)(24))2
d=(27)2+(20)2
d=(729)+(400)
d=1129
d33.6