SOLUTION: Find the distance between (-3, -2) and (1, 4)...Am I doing this right, to keep it short my answer is 2 sqrt of 5 am I right?

SOLUTION: Find the distance between (-3, -2) and (1, 4)...Am I doing this right, to keep it short my answer is 2 sqrt of 5 am I right?

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Question 87357: Find the distance between (-3, -2) and (1, 4)...Am I doing this right, to keep it short my answer is 2 sqrt of 5 am I right?
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given distance formula

Plug in , , ,

Subtract to get -4. Subtract to get -6.

Square each value

Add each value

Simplify the square root

Which approximates to

So the distance between (-3,-2) and (1,4) is 7.21110255092798
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