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What is the distance, rounded to the nearest tenth, between the points (-2.4) and (6,-4)?

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distance = \sqrt{(x _(1) - x _(2))^(2) + {(y _(1) - y _(2))}^(2) } \\ = \sqrt{ {( - 2 - 6)}^(2) + {(4 - ( - 4))}^(2) } \\ = โˆš(64 + 64) \\ = โˆš(128) \: units

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