How do you find the distance between A(-3, 5) and B(4, 2), to the nearest hundredth?

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Answer 1 · 2016-11-11T15:48:12

Use the distance formula, which is a rearranged version of the pythagorean theorem.

#d = sqrt((x_2 - x_1)^2 + (y_2 - y_1)^2)#

#d = sqrt((-3 - 4)^2 + (5- 2)^2)#

#d = sqrt(49 + 9)#

#d = sqrt(58)#

#d ~=7.62" units"#

Hopefully this helps!