I don't understand how to find the answer to a distance formula with a variable(s)
NOTE:
d (distance)
_/ (used as sign for square root of)
DISTANCE FORMULA
d = _/(x1 - x2)^2 + (y1 - y2)^2
I need to find the distance between the following points...
(0, a) and (b, 0)
How do I set this up?
2007-02-09 13:24:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
& how do I find the answer...in radical form (if not a whole number) from the set-up.
2007-02-09 13:24:34 · update #1
x1 = 0
x2 = b
y1 =a
y2 = 0
just plug in the values in the formula
the
d=_/a^+b^2
2007-02-09 13:32:06 · answer #1 · answered by san 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take the letters as numbers
Distance = sqrt[(b-0)^2 +(0-a)^2]= sqrt (b^2+a^2)
2007-02-09 23:09:18 · answer #2 · answered by santmann2002 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A= 0,a
B = 0,b
AB=_/(0-a)^a +(0-b)^2
ab^2 = (0 - a)^2 + (0 - b)^2
= a^2 + b^2 ans
plz vote as best ans cause i know this is 100% correct
2007-02-09 23:25:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sqrt[(0-b)^2+(a-0)^2]
sqrt(b^2 + a^2)
2007-02-09 13:28:45 · answer #4 · answered by leo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋