SOLUTION: Can you help me solve this problem please. The length of the line segment that joins two points whose coordinates are (4,-1) and (7,5) is

Question 390001: Can you help me solve this problem please.
The length of the line segment that joins two points whose coordinates are (4,-1) and (7,5) is
Found 2 solutions by jim_thompson5910, josmiceli:
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 .

Simplify the square root.

So our answer is

Which approximates to

So the distance between the two points is approximately 6.708 units.

So the length of the line segment is approximately 6.708 units.

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Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
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