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Find the distance between the two points in simplest radical form (1,-3) and (-1,-8)

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Answer:

Length = 5.3852

User Murtaza Munshi
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Answer:

√29

Explanation:

The change in x from one point to the other is 2; that in y is 5.

Use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the length of the hypotenuse (which is the desired distance):

d = √(2² + 5²) = √29

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