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(3,-8)(-6,4)distance between the two points in simplest radical form

User Oboshto
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(3,-8) = (x1,y1)

(-6,4)= (x2,y2)

To find the distance we have to apply the next formula:


D=\sqrt[\square]{(x2-x1)^2+(y2-y1)^2^{}}

Replace:


D=\sqrt[\square]{(-6-3)^2+(4-(-8))^2}
D=\sqrt[\square]{(-9)^2+(12)^2}
D=\text{ }\sqrt[]{81+144}
D=\text{ }\sqrt[\square]{225}

D=15

User Banoth Ravinder
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