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

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 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(28476)   (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.