document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=97516>Question 97516</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> i have to use distance formula to find the distance between point a which is <BR>\n" );
document.write( "(-2,5) and point b which is (4,-3).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "how do i do that? </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "PLOT THE TWO POINTS (-2,5)&(4,-3)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "NOW DRAW A VERTICLE LINE FROM Y=5 DOWN TO THE Y=-3 POINT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "DRAW A HORIZONTAL LINE FROM X=-5 LEFT TO THE X=-2 POINT. <BR>\n" );
document.write( "YOU NOW HAVE A RIGHT TRIANGLE WITH SIDES EQUAL TO:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Y=5+3=8<BR>\n" );
document.write( "X=4+2=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "USING THE PYTHAGOREON THEORUM A^2+B^2=C^2 WHERE A & B ARE THE TWO SIDES (X&Y) & C=THE HYPOTENUSE (OR IN THIS CASE THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THESE TWO POINTS).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6^2+8^2=C^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "36+64=C^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C^2=100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=SQRT100<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=10 ANSWER FOR THE HYPOTENUSE OR DISTANCE BETWEEN THESE 2 POINTS. </SPAN>\n" );
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