Question

What is the distance between the points (-8, -3) and (-2,-5)?

Answer 1

The answer is 2√10 units.

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Answer 2

Explanation:

`Distance=\sqrt{(x_(2)-x_(1))^(2)+(y_(2)-y_(1))^(2)}\\\\=\sqrt{(-2-[-8])^(2)+(-5-[-3])^(2)}\\\\=\sqrt{(-2+8)^(2)+(-5+3)^(2)}\\\\=\sqrt{(6)^(2)+(-2)^(2)}\\\\=√(36+4)\\\\ =√(40)\\\\=√(2*2*2*5)\\\\=2√(2*5)\\\\=2√(10)\\`