ECZ 2025 · O-Level Paper 1 — Coordinate Geometry

Find the length of a straight line joining the points A(−13, 2) and B(−10, −2).

  • A. √7
  • B. 5
  • C. 7
  • D. 25

Verified working — step 1

The distance between two points comes from Pythagoras: the horizontal and vertical gaps are the two short sides of a right-angled triangle, and AB is its hypotenuse.

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