SOLUTION: To find the distance to the nearest hundredth between the points (-6-5) and (-1,3) do I start by using -6 and -1 as my X and -5 and 3 as my y? thank you

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Question 54297: To find the distance to the nearest hundredth between the points (-6-5) and (-1,3) do I start by using -6 and -1 as my X and -5 and 3 as my y?
thank you
Found 2 solutions by stanbon, venugopalramana:
Answer by stanbon(48555) About Me  (Show Source):
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Yes.
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Stan H.

Answer by venugopalramana(3286) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
To find the distance to the nearest hundredth between the points (-6-5) and (-1,3) do I start by using -6 and -1 as my X and -5 and 3 as my y?
thank you
CORRECT...
SQRT[(-6+1)^2+(-5-3)^2]=SQRT(25+64)=SQRT(89)=9.433981=9.43