SOLUTION: What is the distance between points (0,50) and (-30,0)?

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: What is the distance between points (0,50) and (-30,0)? This question is from textbook

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 30. Evaluate to get 50.

Square each value

Add

Simplify the square root (note: If you need help with simplifying the square root, check out this solver)

So the distance approximates to

which rounds to
58.31

So the distance between (0,50) and (-30,0) is approximately 58.31 units
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