SOLUTION: Can someone please show me how to use graphs to find the distance between points? Im studying for my FED and Im having a little trouble with the algebra!!!!

Question 703261: Can someone please show me how to use graphs to find the distance between points? Im studying for my FED and Im having a little trouble with the algebra!!!!
Answer by josmiceli(19441) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
When you are asked to find the distance between 2 points,
The difference in the x-coordinates is one leg of a right
triangle, and the difference in the y-coordinates is the other
leg. The line connecting the points is the hypotenuse.
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Suppose you are given the points ( -6, 11 ) and ( 9, -3 )
The length of one leg of the right triangle is
The length of the other leg is
( you don't care if the lengths end up positive or negative )
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Let = the distance between the 2 points

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Note that the minus sign went away when you squared
The complete formula you just used is:

You just did the subtraction in a previous step.
Hope this helps

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