SOLUTION: Find the length of the following segment created by these pairs of endpoints: (0,1),(6,6)

Question 338272: Find the length of the following segment created by these pairs of endpoints:
(0,1),(6,6)
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 .

So our answer is

Which approximates to

So the distance between the two points is approximately 7.81 units.

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Jim
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