SOLUTION: I thought I submitted this one...but no answer yet. Find the distance between (-3,-2) and (1,4). If someone could show me how to do this, I would appreciate it! Thank you!

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Question 110456: I thought I submitted this one...but no answer yet.
Find the distance between (-3,-2) and (1,4).
If someone could show me how to do this, I would appreciate it!
Thank you!
Answer by checkley71(8403) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
what you have is a right triangle with sides (4+2)=6 in the y direction
& (1+3)=4 in the x direction.
seeing as we're looking for the hypotenuse of this right triangle we use the pythagorean therom:a^2+b^2=c^2
6^2+4^2=c^2
36+16=c^2
c^2=52
c=sqrt52
c=7.21 is the distance between these 2 points.
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OR C=SQRT52=SQRT(4*13)=2SQRT(13)
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