Which is the correct formula to find the distance between two points (p, q) and (m, n)?

The answer is d = √[(p - m)² + (q - n)²] ⇒ first answer

Step-by-step explanation:

* The distance between any to points (x1 , y1) , (x2 , y2) is

- d = √[square the difference of x- coordinates plus

        square the difference of y-coordinates]

∴ d = √[(x2 - x1)² + (y2 - y1)²] or

∴ d² = (x2 - x1)² + (y2 - y1)²

* x2 - x1 is the horizontal distance (h) and y2 - y1

 is the vertical distance (v)

- By using Pythagoras theorem

∴ d = √[h² + v²]

∵ The two points are (p , q) and (m , n)

- Put x1 = m and y1 = n

- Put x2 = p and y2 = q

∴ d² = (p - m)² + (q - n)²

∴ d = √[(p - m)² + (q - n)²]

∴ The answer is d = √[(p - m)² + (q - n)²] ⇒ first answer

start with a line segment pq that we will copy. mark a point r that will be one endpoint of the new line segment. set the compasses' point on the point p of the line segment to be copied. adjust the compasses' width to the point q. the compasses' width is now equal to the length of the line segment pq.

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