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Find the distance between the points (-5,-4) and (3,1)

User Awidgery
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Use the distance formula. Do you know it?

D=Distance between points (a,b) and (c,d)=

Sqrt( [c-a]^2 + [d-b]^2 )

You could, for example, let (-5,4) be represented by (a, b) and (3,1) by (c,d), or vice versa.

User Ethan Li
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The distance between the points is square root 89
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