What is the distance between the points and in the Cartesian plane?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D.
- Step 1: Apply the distance formula .
- Step 2: Substitute coordinates: .
- Step 3: Calculate: .
Answer
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Why not the others: '' computes (taxicab distance); '' uses only the vertical distance; '' miscalculates as .
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