SOLUTION: Find the distance between (9, -3) and (-1, 3)

Question 593754: Find the distance between (9, -3) and (-1, 3)
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!

Note:

is the first point

. So this means that and .
Also,

is the second point

. So this means that and .

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 the exact distance is

Which approximates to

So the distance between the two points is approximately 11.662 units.

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