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Find the length of the interval joining G (-7,5) and H (-3,-2)

 Aug 17, 2016
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Find the length of the interval joining G (-7,5) and H (-3,-2)

You can use the distance formual but it is really just pythagoras's theoem

 

height = |--2-5| = |-3| =3

base = |-3--7|=4

 

 \(d=\sqrt{3^2+4^2}\\ d=\sqrt{9+16}\\ d=\sqrt{25}\\ d=5\;units \)

 Aug 17, 2016

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