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Find the difference between (15,-17) and (-20,-5)

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Answer:

37 units

Explanation:

The horizontal distance between these two points is 35 and the vertical is 12.

Treat these distances as the lengths of the legs of a right triangle whose hypotenuse we want to determine:

d^2 = 35^2 + 12^2 = 1369, so d = the distance between these two points = d = sqrt(1369) = 37 units

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