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What's the distance between (6, 4) and (2, 1)

User Rashmi
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the distance between them is 5
User Adrien Brunelat
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Answer:

5

Explanation:

You will need the distance formula.
d = √((x_2 - x_1)^2 + (y_2-y_1)^2)\\

(
x_(1),
y_(1)) (
x_(2),
y_(2))

Now plug in the two points into the distance formula.

d=
\sqrt{(2-6)^(2)+(1-4)^(2) }

d= 5

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