SOLUTION: please show how you find the distance and midpoint of the following set of points: (2,radical 3) and (-3, radical 27)

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Question 147724: please show how you find the distance and midpoint of the following set of points:
(2,radical 3) and (-3, radical 27)
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
It's sqrt%28%28y2-y1%29%5E2+%2B+%28x2-x1%29%5E2%29
= sqrt%28sqrt%2827%29-sqrt%283%29%29%5E2+%2B+%28-3+-+2%29%5E2%29
=sqrt%28%2812%29+%2B+%28-5%29%5E2%29
=sqrt%2837%29
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The midpoint is
((x1+x2)/2,(y1+y2)/2)
=%282-3%29%2F2,4%2Asqrt%283%29%2F2%29
=-1%2F2,2sqrt%283%29%29