SOLUTION: how to find two points are located at (-3,2) and (-1,1). what is the distance between the two points?

Question 360755: how to find two points are located at (-3,2) and (-1,1). what is the distance between the two points?
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 2.236 units.

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