SOLUTION: parabolas find the distance between (2,3) and (4,1) im not really sure how to solve this :(

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Question 82894: parabolas
find the distance between (2,3) and (4,1)
im not really sure how to solve this :(
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) About Me  (Show Source):
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Solved by pluggable solver: Distance between two points in two dimensions
The distance (denoted by d) between two points in two dimensions is given by the following formula:

d=sqrt%28%28x1-x2%29%5E2+%2B+%28y1-y2%29%5E2%29

Thus in our case, the required distance is
d=sqrt%28%282-4%29%5E2+%2B+%283-1%29%5E2%29=+2.82842712474619+


For more on this concept, refer to Distance formula.