What is the distance between (4,0) (4,0) and (5,2) (5,2)?

1 Answer
Jan 2, 2016

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Explanation:

Let's say A(4,0)A(4,0) and B(5,2)B(5,2). The distance between those points is the norm of the vector AB(x_b - x_a,y_b - y_a) = (1,2)AB(xbxa,ybya)=(1,2).

The norm of a vector u(x,y)u(x,y) is given by the formula sqrt(x^2 + y^2)x2+y2.

So the norm of ABAB is sqrt(1^2 + 2^2) = sqrt(5)12+22=5 which is the distance between AA and BB.