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Find the distance between the points X and Y shown. Y -8 -6 O √5 √√29 O √21 51. X 00 6 HA T -6 00 H LO 10

Find the distance between the points X and Y shown. Y -8 -6 O √5 √√29 O √21 51. X-example-1
User Tenusha Guruge
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SOLUTION

Notice that the coordinate of the points are:


X(-2,0),Y(3,-2)

The distance between X and Y is:


XY=√((3-(-2)^2+(-2-0)^2)

This gives:


\begin{gathered} XY=√(5^2+2^2) \\ XY=√(25+4) \\ XY=√(29) \end{gathered}

Therefore the distance between X and Y is:


√(29)

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