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What is the distance between A and B? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

A coordinate plane is shown. Point A is located at negative 1, 5, and point B is located at 4, 1. A line segment connects the two points.

6.4 a
7.3 b
8.2 c
9.1 d

User Deumaudit
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Answer:

6.4 Did the test

Explanation:

User Oldskultxo
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distance formula : sqrt (x2 - x1)^2 + (y2 - y1)^2
(-1,5)....x1 = -1 and y1 = 5
(4,1)...x2 = 4 and y2 = 1
now we sub and solve
d = sqrt ((4 - (-1)^2 + (1 - 5)^2)
d = sqrt ((5^2 + (-4^2))
d = sqrt (25 + 16)
d = sqrt 41
d = 6.4 <=== ur distance
User Andrej Lucansky
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