What is the distance between (2,-1) and (-1,-5) on the coordinate plane?

1 Answer
Dec 10, 2016

The distance between the points is 5

Explanation:

The formula for calculating the distance between two points is:

color(red)(d = sqrt((x_2 - x_1)^2 + (y_2 - y_1)^2))

Substituting our points into the formula givesL

d = sqrt((-1 - 2)^2 + (-5 - -1)^2)

d = sqrt((-3)^2 + (-4)^2)

d = sqrt(9 + 16)

d = sqrt(25)

d = 5