what is the distance between (-6,-2)and(2,4) i picked 2square7

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amistre64 · Answer

if you  can recall the pythag thrm; this is the same thing

they give you a distance for 2 legs; and call them x and y

find the hypotenuse or distance with the pythag thrm

amistre64 · Answer

our first step should be to get the distance between xs and ys by subtracting one point from the other like this:

 (-6,-2)
-( 2, 4)
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 -8,-6 ; so one leg = 8 and the other leg = 6 ; we ignore the - sign since direction is unimportant

amistre64 · Answer

(8^2) + (6^2) = distance^2

64 + 36 = d^2

100 = d^2  ; what would our answer be for d?

anonymous · Answer

10

anonymous · Answer

10

amistre64 · Answer

10 is correct :)  good job

anonymous · Answer

correct

anonymous · Answer

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=distance+%28-6%2C-2%29and%282%2C4%29

anonymous · Answer

ok i got another one we can work out