SOLUTION: Can someone please show me what the step by step process is to solve this problem? Thank you so much! Find the distance between (8, 2) and (�6, -2)

SOLUTION: Can someone please show me what the step by step process is to solve this problem? Thank you so much! Find the distance between (8, 2) and (�6, -2)

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Question 87362: Can someone please show me what the step by step process is to solve this problem? Thank you so much!
Find the distance between (8, 2) and (�6, -2)
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 14. Subtract to get 4.

Square each value

Add each value

Simplify the square root

Which approximates to

So the distance between (8,2) and (-6,-2) is 14.560219778561
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