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Question 518914: i jerry is traveling to sues house. he needs to know how far away she lives from him. if jerry lives at(8,4) and sue lives at(-5,-3, how far is sues house from jerry.
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Use the formula for Distance between two points:-
d=sqrt((x1-x2)^2+(y1+y2)^2)
Pints (8,4),(-5,-3)
d=sqrt((8-(-5))^2+(4-(-3))^2)
d=sqrt((8+5))^2+(4+3)^2)
d=sqrt((13)^2+(7)^2)
d=sqrt(169+49)
d=sqrt(218)
d=14.76