document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1081299>Question 1081299</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> What is the distance, in units, between the points (2, -6) and (-4, 3)? Express your answer in simplest radical form. </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #695327 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><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/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=695327\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> distance is sqrt(change in x^2+ change in y^2).  One can go in either direction because there is squaring.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "x changes 6 for square of 36.  y changes 9 for a change of 81<BR>\n" );
document.write( "add the two.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "sqrt(117)=sqrt(9)*sqrt(13)=3 sqrt (13). </SPAN>\n" );
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