SOLUTION: Find the distance between the pair of points whose coordinates are given. Express answers in simplest form using radicals or as decimal approximations. (-1,-4)(-6,0) I'm not q

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Question 5627: Find the distance between the pair of points whose coordinates are given. Express answers in simplest form using radicals or as decimal approximations.
(-1,-4)(-6,0)
I'm not quite sure what this is asking, or how to solve it.
Could you please help me?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
You would use the distance formula to solve thise:
d+=+sqrt%28%28x2-x1%29%5E2%2B%28y2-y1%29%5E2%29
The x1, y1 come from the first given point: (-1, -4) and the x2, y2 come from the second given point: (-6, 0).
Substitute the appropriate x and y coordinates into the distance formula and solve for d.
d+=+sqrt%28%28-6-%28-1%29%29%5E2+%2B+%280-%28-4%29%29%5E2%29
d+=+sqrt%28%28-5%29%5E2+%2B+%284%29%5E2%29%29%29
d+=+sqrt%2825+%2B+16%29
d+=+sqrt%2841%29
d = 6.4 approximately.