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The distance AB=?Round to the nearest tenth Hint:use distance formula

The distance AB=?Round to the nearest tenth Hint:use distance formula-example-1
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Given the figure, we can deduce the following information:

Point A = (-1,2)

Point B = (1,-2)

To determine the distance AB, we first let:


\begin{gathered} (x_1,y_1)=(-1,2) \\ (x_2,y_2)=(1,-2) \end{gathered}

Next, we plug in what we know into the distance formula:


\begin{gathered} d=√((x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2) \\ d=√((1-(-1))^2+(-2-2)^2) \\ Simplify \\ d=√(4+16) \\ d=√(20) \\ d=4.5 \end{gathered}

Therefore, the answer is: 4.5

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