SOLUTION: Find the distance between (3,3) and (-3,-3)

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Question 316264: Find the distance between (3,3) and (-3,-3)
Answer by JBarnum(2146) About Me  (Show Source):
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easiest way i remember to do it is to draw it on the graph, make your right triagle and use the pathagorean therom to solve for the hypotnuse.
so the sides in this case for a and b equal 6.
a^2+b^2=c^2
a=6, b=6, find c
6%5E2%2B6%5E2=c%5E2
36%2B36=c%5E2
72=c%5E2
9%2A8=c%5E2
sqrt%283%5E2%2A2%5E3%29=c
3%2A2sqrt%282%29=c
6sqrt%282%29=c this is the distance of the line between the 2 points