SOLUTION: Find the length of a segment in the coordinate plane with endpoints (-4 , -5) and (8 , 1).

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Question 1178046: Find the length of a segment in the coordinate plane with endpoints (-4 , -5) and (8 , 1).

Answer by MathLover1(20849) About Me  (Show Source):
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Solved by pluggable solver: Distance Between 2 points
The distance formula is sqrt%28%28%28x%5B2%5D-x%5B1%5D%29%5E2%29%2B%28%28y%5B2%5D-y%5B1%5D%29%5E2%29%29. Plug in the numbers,
sqrt%28%28%288-%28-4%29%29%5E2%29%2B%28%281-%28-5%29%29%5E2%29%29
sqrt%2812%5E2%2B6%5E2%29 The distance is 13.4164078649987.


so, the length of a segment is approximately 13.4