AnnieMehta
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So the math problem I have for homework (among others) is inherently a geometry problem, but there’s one part I don’t understand:
Using the distance formula, I need to calculate the distance from (a, a), where a>0, to the origin, (0,0).
I end up with something like this:
d= √a^2 + a^2.
I didn’t really want to just google the answer and get it done because that’s gonna cause more problems for me, but at this point I really didn’t know how to do it.
I saw that the result ended up being √2a, according to other people on the internet. How would I go about solving √a^2 + a^2, and is the answer √2a?
Thanks!!
Using the distance formula, I need to calculate the distance from (a, a), where a>0, to the origin, (0,0).
I end up with something like this:
d= √a^2 + a^2.
I didn’t really want to just google the answer and get it done because that’s gonna cause more problems for me, but at this point I really didn’t know how to do it.
I saw that the result ended up being √2a, according to other people on the internet. How would I go about solving √a^2 + a^2, and is the answer √2a?
Thanks!!