SOLUTION: I need help with this question I need to find the distance between each pair (-3,0) and (4,0) thank you for the help

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Question 90943: I need help with this question
I need to find the distance between each pair
(-3,0) and (4,0)
thank you for the help

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 -7. Evaluate to get 0.

Square each value

Add

Simplify the square root

So the distance between (-3,0) and (4,0) is 7 units

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