What is the distance between the points R (5,7) and S (-2,3) 1: 25 2:33 3:55 or 4:65

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$d = \sqrt{(x_(2) - x_(1))^(2) + (y_(2) - y_(1))^(2)}$

$d = \sqrt{(-2 - 5)^(2) + (3 - 7)^(2)}$

$d = \sqrt{(-7)^(2) + (-4)^(2)}$

d = √(49 + 16)

The answer is 4, √(65).

Patrick Auld answered Feb 26, 2017

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