Distance Formula
Distance Formula
Distance Formula
1 =1 3 =92
2
4 = 16
2
2 =4
2
5 = 25
2
6 = 36 10 100
2=
2
7 = 49
2
9 = 81
2
8 = 64
2
(−11) = 121 2
(−12) = 144
2
(−13) = 169
2
(−15) = 225
2
(−14) = 196
√𝟏 = 1 √ 𝟐𝟓 =5
√ 𝟏𝟔 =4
√𝟒 =2
√𝟗 = 3
√ 𝟏𝟎𝟎 = 10 √ 𝟑𝟔 =6
√ 𝟖𝟏 =9
√ 𝟔𝟒 =8
√ 𝟒𝟗 = 7
√ 𝟐𝟐𝟓 = 15 √ 𝟏𝟗𝟔 = 14
√ 𝟏𝟒𝟒 = 12
√ 𝟏𝟐𝟏 = 11
√ 𝟏𝟔𝟗 = 13
√𝟑 +𝟒
𝟐 𝟐
=5
√𝟔 +𝟖
𝟐 𝟐
= 10
√𝟏𝟓 +𝟐𝟎
𝟐 𝟐
= 25
y-axis
Quadrant Quadrant
II I
(-, +) (+, +)
x-axis
Quadrant Quadrant
III IV
(-, -) (+, -)
The distance
C(2, 9) B(8, 9)
from pt. A to
pt. C is 8 units. (𝒙 ¿ ¿𝟐 − 𝒙 𝟏)¿
(𝒚 ¿ ¿ 𝟐 − 𝒚 𝟏(𝒚
)¿ ¿ 𝟐 − 𝒚 )¿
¿ 𝟏
d
A(2, 1)
The distance
from pt. B to
pt. C is 6 units.
(𝒙 ¿ ¿𝟐 − 𝒙 𝟏)¿
The Distance Formula
The distance between two points, whether or not they are aligned
horizontally or vertically, can be determined using the distance
√ 𝟐
𝒅 = ( 𝒙𝟐 − 𝒙 𝟏 ) + ( 𝒚 𝟐 − 𝒚 𝟏 )
𝟐
Find the distance between the two points A(8, 9) and B(2, 1).
, ,
Solution: Let A (8, 9) and B (2, 1)
𝑑= √ (𝑥 2
2
− 𝑥1 ) + ( 𝑦 2 − 𝑦 1 )
2
d
Find the distance between each pair of points on
the Cartesian coordinate system.