SOLUTION: will someone help me find the distance between (2,0) and (-5,0)for some reason i think i know the answer but i can't do the problem in my head i get 7 as the answer but i can't sol

Question 78885: will someone help me find the distance between (2,0) and (-5,0)for some reason i think i know the answer but i can't do the problem in my head i get 7 as the answer but i can't solve it on paper help me please?
Answer by Earlsdon(6294) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Your answer is correct!
The distance (d) between the points (2, 0) and (-5, 0) is found by:
here: , , , and Making the appropriate substitutions, we get:

We discard the negative answer as distance is a positive value.
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