What is the distance between # (–2, 1, 3) # and #(8, 6, 0) #?
2 Answers
Explanation:
First, calculate your distance per dimension:
#x : 8+2 = 10# #y : 6-1 = 5# #z : 3+-0 = 3#
Next, apply 3D Pythagoras' theorem:
Where:
#h^2# is the square of the distance between two points#a^2# ,#b^2# , and#c^2# are the calculated dimensional distances
We can adjust the theorem to solve directly for
Finally, substitute your values into the equation and solve:
Explanation:
The distance formula for Cartesian coordinates is
Where
Let
Hence the distance between the given points is