SOLUTION: Can someone show me how to do this? Find the distance between (–3, –2) and (1, 4)

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Question 81984: Can someone show me how to do this?
Find the distance between (–3, –2) and (1, 4)



Answer by jim_thompson5910(21667) About Me  (Show Source):
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Solved by pluggable solver: Distance between two points in two dimensions
The distance (denoted by d) between two points in two dimensions is given by the following formula:

d=sqrt%28%28x1-x2%29%5E2+%2B+%28y1-y2%29%5E2%29

Thus in our case, the required distance is
d=sqrt%28%28-3-1%29%5E2+%2B+%28-2-4%29%5E2%29=+7.21110255092798+


For more on this concept, refer to Distance formula.