document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1092110>Question 1092110</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Can i get help with finding the distance between  (-4, 6) and  (3, -7) please on how to brake it down and come up with the answer <BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #706637 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=706637\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> It is the square root of the difference in the y-value squared PLUS the difference in the x-value squared.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The y value difference is -7-6 or 6-(-7), and one is -13 and the other is 13.  Since they are being squared, it doesn't matter which direction you go, unlike slope calculations.  13^2=169<BR>\n" );
document.write( "For the x is it 3-(-4) or -4-3, and that is 7 or -7 and squared it is 49.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Add 169 and 49 (218) and take the square root of 218, which is 14.76.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d=sqrt {(x1-x2)^2+(y1-y2)^2} </SPAN>\n" );
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