Question

Find the distance between the following pair of points:
$(a,0)$ and $(0,b)$

Answer 1

Given,

$(x_1,y_1)$=(a,0)

$(x_2,y_2)$=(0,b)

Distance between two points =$\sqrt{{(x2-x1)}^2+{(y2-y1)}^2}$

$=\sqrt{{(a-0)}^2+{(0-b)}^2}$

$=\sqrt{{\left(a\right)}^2+{\left(b\right)}^2}$