What is the distance between (3,5) and (0,6)?

1 Answer
Nov 30, 2015

distance = sqrt(10) or about 3.16227766017

Explanation:

The distance between two points (x_1, y_1) and (x_2, y_2) is given by the distance formula :
d = sqrt((x_2 - x_1)^2 +(y_2 - y_1)^2)

In this case,
(x_1, y_1) = (3,5)
which means that x_1 = 3 and y_1 = 5
and
(x_2, y_2) = (0,6)
which means that x_2 = 0 and y_2 = 6

If we plug this into the equation, we would get:
d = sqrt((0-3)^2 + (6-5)^2)

we can simplify this into
d= sqrt((-3)^2 + (1)^2)
d= sqrt(9 + 1)
d=sqrt(10)

Therefore your distance (answer) would be sqrt(10) or about 3.16227766017