What is the number of units in the distance from the origin to the point $(-8,6)$ in a coordinate system?
I need to find the distance from the origin, which is $(0,0)$, to the point $(-8,6)$. One way to do this is to use the distance formula, which says that the distance between two points $(x_1,y_1)$ and $(x_2,y_2)$ is $\sqrt{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2}$. In this case, $x_1=0$, $y_1=0$, $x_2=-8$, and $y_2=6$. So I can plug these values into the formula and simplify: $\sqrt{(-8-0)^2+(6-0)^2}=\sqrt{64+36}=\sqrt{100}=10$. Therefore, the distance from the origin to the point $(-8,6)$ is 10 units. 