SOLUTION: Please help me solve this Find the distance between the given points. (0,5) and (-3,-7).

Question 388681: Please help me solve this
Find the distance between the given points. (0,5) and (-3,-7).

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 the exact distance is

Which approximates to

So the distance between the two points is approximately 12.369 units.

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