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What is the distance from (-3,8) and (13,-6)?

User Webelo
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Answer:

The distance is 21.3

Explanation:

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What is the distance from (-3,8) and (13,-6)?-example-1
User Smamran
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24 votes

Answer:

d ≈ 21.26 units

Explanation:

calculate the distance d using the distance formula

d =
\sqrt{(x_(2)-x_(1))^2+(y_(2)-y_(1))^2 }

with (x₁, y₁ ) = (- 3, 8 ) and (x₂, y₂ ) = (13 - 6 )

d =
√(13-(-3))^2+(-6-8)^2)

=
√((13+3)^2+(-14)^2)

=
√(16^2+196)

=
√(256+196)

=
√(452)

≈ 21.26 units ( to 2 dec. places )

User Samjhana Joshi
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