Question

find the distance of a point P(x, y) from the origin.

Answer 1

Formula to find the distance between two points (X1, Y1) and (X2, Y2) is given as follow:

$\text {Distance = }\sqrt{(Y_2-Y_1)^2 + (X_2-X_1)^2}$

Point of origin:

The point of origin refers to a specific coordinates (0,0)

Given that the two points are (0,0) and (x,y):

$\text {Distance = }\sqrt{(y -0)^2 + (x-0)^2}$

$\text {Distance = }\sqrt{y^2 + x^2}$