SOLUTION: I need help finding the distance between pair of points (3,1), (-2,-2)

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Question 127040: I need help finding the distance between pair of points
(3,1), (-2,-2)

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 5. Evaluate to get 3.

Square each value

Add

So the distance approximates to



which rounds to
5.83

So the distance between (3,1) and (-2,-2) is approximately 5.83 units

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