SOLUTION: IF POINT M IS (8,7)AND POINT n IS 3,5) FIND THE DISTANE BETWEEN M ADN N OR IN OTHER WORDS, FIND mMN. can you show the steps on how to solve this problem. thanks

Question 210251: IF POINT M IS (8,7)AND POINT n IS 3,5) FIND THE DISTANE BETWEEN M ADN N OR IN OTHER WORDS, FIND mMN.
can you show the steps on how to solve this problem.
thanks
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
If I'm getting this right, you just want the distance from (8,7) to (3,5) right?

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 .

So our answer is

Which approximates to

So the distance between the two points (8,7) and (3,5) is approximately 5.385 units.