SOLUTION: The distance between the points (-1,5) and -3,-1) is: Do you subtract the x and y to find this? Like -1--3 = 1 and 5--1-6 so would the answer be 1,6? thank you

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Question 970527: The distance between the points (-1,5) and -3,-1) is:
Do you subtract the x and y to find this? Like -1--3 = 1
and 5--1-6 so would the answer be 1,6?
thank you
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Solved by pluggable solver: Distance Formula


The first point is (x1,y1). The second point is (x2,y2)


Since the first point is (-1, 5), we can say (x1, y1) = (-1, 5)
So ,


Since the second point is (-3, -1), we can also say (x2, y2) = (-3, -1)
So ,


Put this all together to get: , , , and

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Now use the distance formula to find the distance between the two points (-1, 5) and (-3, -1)






Plug in , , , and

























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Answer:


The distance between the two points (-1, 5) and (-3, -1) is exactly units


The approximate distance between the two points is about 6.32455532033676 units



So again,


Exact Distance: units


Approximate Distance: units
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