what is the distance between (5,2) (2, -4)

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anonymous · Answer

6 u

anonymous · Answer

i believe not positive tho

mathmale · Answer

Welcome to OpenStudy!

You could use either the distance formula or the Pythagorean Theorem (on which the distance formula is based).  You might find this problem easier to visualize and understand if you'd graph the 2 points first.

anonymous · Answer

desmos.com/calculator its not really a calculator its just a graph

anonymous · Answer

https://www.desmos.com/calculator

mathmale · Answer

Thank you (qdbug) for sharing desmos.com/calculator.  That's be fine for checking answers.  However, you and other still need to know how to obtain answers to questions such as this one the old-fashioned way:  by demonstrating that you know the math principles necessary to solve them and can actually apply them to find solutions.

mathmale · Answer

What is the distance between (5,2) and (2, -4)?  

What does the distance formula look like?

What would a plot of these two points look like?

What is the x-distance from the first point to the second?

What is the y-distance from the first point to the second?