document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=13341>Question 13341</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you find the distance between the points (9,5) and (2,6)? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #6701 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=smik><B>smik(40)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-07.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=smik><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=6701\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Great problem. The easiest way, by my opinion, is to use the Distance Formula (a manipulation of the Pythagoras Theorem if you look closely):\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In our case: x1 = 9, x2 = 2, y1 = 5, y2 = 6\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Therefore:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "which simplified gives us:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "And simplified further gives us:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Though I would leave it like that for precision some people prefer it to be rounded off to 3 significant figures, which would give us:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "D = 7.07\r<BR>\n" );
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