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What is the distance between A(7, 4) and B(2, -8)?
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What is the distance between A(7, 4) and B(2, -8)?

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Answer:

13 units

Explanation:

Distance formula:

d =
√((x_1 - x_2)^2 + (y_1 - y_2)^2)

In this problem,

d =
√((7 - 2)^2 + (4 - -8)^2)

d =
√((5)^2 + (12)^2)

d =
√(25 + 144)

d = 
√(169)

d = 13

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