Question

Can anyone help with this? {Finding the length}

Answer 1

are you familiar with the distance formula?

Answer 2

Not really.

Answer 3

\[d = \sqrt{(x_2-x_1)^{2} + (y_2-y_1)^{2}}\]

with two points (x1, y1) and (x2, y2)

Answer 4

the points you are using in this problem are M(-2, -5) and N(-4, -4)

so just plug them into the distance formula i gave you

Answer 5

d= (-2-4) + (-5-4)= like that?

Answer 6

look at the formula, you square each parenthesis, and the whole thing is square rooted

Answer 7

also, you subtract the points, not add them...

-5 - (-4) = -5 + 4

Answer 8

-6, -1

Answer 9

This is it?

Answer 10

... do it for the other parenthesis too... then SQUARE both of them, add them, then take the square root of the whole thing.

take a look at the equation i gave you

Answer 11

How do i change it to square root form?

Answer 12

you don't, it is already in square root form

Answer 13

Yeah, i got -6 and -1 for both of them

Answer 14

no, it is not -6

-2 - (-4) does not = -6

Answer 15

Ohhh.. oops its 2.

Answer 16

2, -1

Answer 17

yes, now square both of those numbers

Answer 18

square root of 2 is 1.4

Answer 19

Im not getting the right answer.. :/

Answer 20

not the square root, just SQUARE it, aka 2^2 and (-1)^2

Answer 21

Ohh, 4 and -1

Answer 22

so it should be square root of 3 right??

Answer 23

(-1)^2 does not = -1

Answer 24

thats what i got on my calculator..

Answer 25

Thx.

Answer 26

@ashleyvee you typed it in wrong then

you will get this problem wrong

Answer 27

No, i got it right.