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Find the distance between the pair of points. Round your answer to the nearest tenth, if necessary. Work must be shown to support your answer.

Find the distance between the pair of points. Round your answer to the nearest tenth-example-1
User LJ White
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We need to find the distance between the points shown in the figure

First, to find the distance between two points, we will use the following formula:


d=\sqrt[]{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2}

From the given figure, the coordinates of the points are:

( -3, 1 ) and ( 4, 4)

So, the distance = d


\begin{gathered} d=\sqrt[]{(4-(-3))^2+(4-1)^2^{}} \\ \\ d=\sqrt[]{(4+3)^2+(4-1)^2} \\ \\ d=\sqrt[]{7^2+3^2}=\sqrt[]{49+9}=\sqrt[]{58}=7.616 \end{gathered}

Rounding the answer to the nearest tenth

so, the answer is the distance = 7.6

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