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What is the distance between the points (4,3) and (1,-1) on the coordinateplane?A. 10 unitsB. 5 unitsCC. 25 unitsD. 50 units

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Solution

We have the following points:

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

And we want to find the distance so we can do this:


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

And then replacing we have:


d=\sqrt[]{(-1-3)^2+(1-4)^2}=\sqrt[]{16+9}=5

The answer would be:

B. 5 units

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