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Find the distance between each pair of points

Find the distance between each pair of points-example-1
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Answer:

Use Distance Formula

Explanation:

You can find the distance between two points by using the distance formula which by definition is
√((x_2-x_1 )^2+(y_2-y_1)^2 )

For example take question 3. Plug your point values in to find the distance

Point 1 is (-1, 8)

Point 2 is (-3, -2)

You equation would look like:


√((-3-(-1))^2+(-2-8)^2)

This simplifies to
√((-2)^2+(-10)^2)

=
√(4+100)

=
√(104)

=
√(2(2)(26))

=
2√(26)

That is the distance between the points (-1, 8) and (-3, -2)

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