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Which is the distance between the points (-6, 2) and (8, 10)?

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Answer:to find the distance between two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2), all that you need ... What is the distance between the the points (0,0) and (6,8) plotted on the graph.

Explanation:

The Distance Formula is a useful tool in finding the distance between two points which can be arbitrarily represented as points \left( {{x_1},{y_1}} \right)(x

1

,y

1

) and \left( {{x_2},{y_2}} \right)(x

2

,y

2

).

The Distance Formula itself is actually derived from the Pythagorean Theorem which is {a^2} + {b^2} = {c^2}a

2

+b

2

=c

2

where cc is the longest side of a right triangle (also known as the hypotenuse) and aa and bb are the other shorter sides (known as the legs of a right triangle).

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