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Find the distance between the points (3,-8) and (27,-15).

User Neroksi
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The distance can be determined as,


\begin{gathered} d=\sqrt[]{(3-27)^2+(-8+15)^2} \\ =\sqrt[]{576+49} \\ =\sqrt[]{625} \\ =25 \end{gathered}

Thus, the required distance is 25.

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