SOLUTION: find the distance between the coordinates (3,5) and (-2,1)

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Question 23876: find the distance between the coordinates (3,5) and (-2,1)
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
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You can use the "distance" formula d+=+sqrt%28%28x2-x1%29%5E2+%2B+%28y2-y1%29%5E2%29 to solve this.
(3, 5) = (x1, y1) and
(-2, 1) = (x2, y2)
d+=+sqrt%28%28-2-3%29%5E2+%2B+%281-5%29%5E2%29
d+=+sqrt%28%28-5%29%5E2+%2B+%28-4%29%5E2%29
d+=+sqrt%2825+%2B+16%29
d+=+sqrt%2841%29
d+=+6.4 approximately.