SOLUTION: Find the distance of segment PQ with points P(-4,3) and Q(-6,1).

SOLUTION: Find the distance of segment PQ with points P(-4,3) and Q(-6,1).

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Question 88638: Find the distance of segment PQ with points P(-4,3) and Q(-6,1).
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given distance formula

Plug in , , ,

Evaluate to get 2. Evaluate to get 2.

Square each value

Add

Simplify the square root

Which approximates to

So the distance between (-4,3) and (-6,1) is about 2.82842712474619
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