Question

@sauravshakya
Find the distance between (-2, 8) and (11, 2). Round to the nearest hundredth

Answer 1

\[\sqrt{(11+2)^{2}+(2-8)^{2}}\]Ringing any bells?

Answer 2

can u do it ? its really confusing 4 me :(

Answer 3

I did, already. The arithmetic is left to you.

Answer 4

i got 133?

Answer 5

@tkhunny

Answer 6

For what?

11+2 = 13 ----- 13^2 = 169

2-8 = -6 ----- (-6)^2 = 36

I'm not really seeing a 133 in there. How did you find yours?

Answer 7

oh i put -36

Answer 8

Negative * Negative = Positive, right?

Squaring Things is ALWAYS Positive.

Where does that leave us?