SOLUTION: Find the distance between the points (-3,5) and (9,-11).

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Question 87214: Find the distance between the points (-3,5) and (9,-11).
Answer by jim_thompson5910(35256)   (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
Start with the given distance formula


Plug in , , ,

Subtract to get -12. Subtract to get 16.

Square each value

Add each value

Simplify the square root
So the distance between (-3,5) and (9,-11) is 20

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