SOLUTION: Find the distance to the nearest hundredth between the points (11,-6) and (-1,-2) Please explain how this is done, I have several of these on a worksheet and I donot understand th

Question 89146: Find the distance to the nearest hundredth between the points (11,-6) and (-1,-2)
Please explain how this is done, I have several of these on a worksheet and I donot understand them.
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given distance formula
where

is the first point

and

is the second point

Plug in , , ,

Evaluate to get 12. Evaluate to get -4.

Square each value

Add

Simplify the square root

Which approximates to

which rounds to
12.65

So the distance between (11,-6) and (-1,-2) is about 12.65
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