What is the distance between points (-3, 10) and (5, 0)? Round to the nearest tenth.

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IntoTheDeep · Answer 1 · 2020-06-10T05:16:03+0000

Answer:

12.8

Explanation:

We can find the distance using the distance formula:

d=√((x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2)

We then substitute (-3,10) as
(x_1,y_1) and (5,0) as
(x_2,y_2) .

$d=√((5--3)^2+(0-10)^2) \\d=√((8)^2+(-10)^2) \\d=√(64+100)\\d=√(164)=12.8$