Find the distance between the following pairs of points:

(i) (2, 3), (4, 1)

(ii) (-5, 7), (-1, 3)

Solutions:

The distance formula, say d, is used to calculate the distance between two points (x₁, y₁) and (x₂, y₂),

OR

(i) Distance between (2, 3), (4, 1)

(ii) Distance between (2, 3), (4, 1)