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Find the distance between the points,
(-3,0) and (1,0)
The distance is

User Zanchey
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Answer:

Use the distance formula to determine the distance between the two points.

Distance

Substitute the actual values of the points into the distance formula.

Explanation:

The distance formulais: D =

(

x

2

x

1

)

2

+

(

y

2

y

1

)

2

In your question

x

2

is

3

and

x

1

is

0

. And

y

2

is

0

and

y

1

is

2

.

Substituting these values in the distance formula I get:

D=

(

3

0

)

2

+

(

0

2

)

2

D=

(

3

)

2

+

(

2

)

2

D=

9

+

4

Distance =

13

User NoCommandLine
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