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Find the distance between the points given below. Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

A (0,6) and B (-3,-1)

User Ttotto
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Answer:

7.6

Explanation:

We want to find the distance between (0,6) and (-3,-1)

We can find the distance between any two points using the distance formula

Distance between two points =


\sqrt{(x2 - x1)^(2) +(y2 - y1) {}^(2) }

Where the values of x and y are derived from the the two points. (x1,y1) and (x2,y2)

Here the two points are (0,6) and (-3,-1)

So we have (x1,y1) = (0,6) so x1 = 0 and y1 = 6

And we have (x2,y2) = (-3,1) so x2 = -3 and y2 = -1

Now we plug in the values of x and y into the formula and evaluate to get the distance.

Again recall distance = √(x2-x1)²+(y2-y1)²

==> plug in x2 = -3 , x1 = 0, y2 = -1 and y1 = 6

Distance = √(-3-0)²+(-1-6)

==> evaluate operations inside of parenthesis

Distance = √(-3)²+(-7)²

==> evaluate all exponents

Distance = √9+49

==> and 9 and 49

Distance = √58 = 7.6 (rounded)

User Brandon Buster
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