SOLUTION: Consider the following pairs of points: (-8,10) and (10,-8) Determine the distance between the two points

Question 219614: Consider the following pairs of points: (-8,10) and (10,-8) Determine the distance between the two points
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the distance formula.

Plug in , , , and .

Subtract from to get .

Subtract from to get .

Square to get .

Square to get .

Add to to get .

Simplify the square root.

So our answer is

Which approximates to

So the distance between the two points is approximately 25.456 units.
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