Here's my question:
Find a formula for the distance from the point (x(sub 1)), (y(sub 2)) to the origin.
Thanks for your help!
both Damon and bobpursley gave you the formula to find the distance between 2 points earlier.
If the origin is one of those points, then the question becomes very easy.
Wouldn't one of the points be (0,0) ?
let me know what you got.
To find the distance from a point (x₁, y₁) to the origin (0, 0), we can use the distance formula.
The distance formula states that the distance between two points (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂) in a two-dimensional coordinate system is given by the square root of the sum of the squares of the differences between the corresponding coordinates.
Applying this formula, we can find the distance from (x₁, y₁) to the origin (0, 0) as follows:
Distance = √((x₁ - 0)² + (y₁ - 0)²)
= √(x₁² + y₁²)
So, the formula for the distance from the point (x₁, y₁) to the origin is √(x₁² + y₁²).