SOLUTION: What is the distance points (21, -32) and (-3, -25)?

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Question 201117: What is the distance points (21, -32) and (-3, -25)?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Note: is the first point and is the second point .



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 .


Take the square root of to get .


So our answer is


So the distance between the two points is 25 units.

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