What is the distance between the points (80, 55) and (20, 44)?

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Answer 1 · 2016-12-06T16:41:34

The distance between these two points is 61 units.

The formula for calculating the distance between two points is:

#d = sqrt((x_2 - x_1)^2 + (y_2 - y_1)^2)#

Substituting the values given in this problem gives us:

#d = sqrt((80 - 20)^2 + (55 - 44)^2)#

#d = sqrt((60)^2 + (11)^2)#

#d = sqrt((3600) + (121))#

#d = sqrt(3721)#

#d = 61