SOLUTION: Use pythagorean therom to find the distance between (5,3) and(-2,-3). Can you give me a step by step of this promblem

Question 214134: Use pythagorean therom to find the distance between (5,3) and(-2,-3).
Can you give me a step by step of this promblem
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the distance formula.

Plug in , , , and .

Subtract from to get .

Subtract from to get .

Square to get .

Square to get .

Add to to get .

So our answer is

Which approximates to

So the distance between the two points is approximately 9.22 units.
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