Hey, I'm having a little trouble understanding the last part of the distance formula, if anyone could help me out, that'd be great!

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anonymous · Answer

I get everything except how to get 53, please help me.

sleepyjess · Answer

53 doesnt have a square root that is a whole number which is why it is left as just $\sqrt{53}$

anonymous · Answer

So if it was different than 53, you just use the square root?

sleepyjess · Answer

for example if it were $\sqrt{36}$ it could be simplified to just 6 or $\sqrt{4}$ would become 2

sleepyjess · Answer

do you understand what the square root of a number is?

anonymous · Answer

Yes, what would I do if it became a decimal?

sleepyjess · Answer

what do you mean? like if the square root was 9.6 for example?

anonymous · Answer

Yes

sleepyjess · Answer

then you would just leave it as $\sqrt{x}$ unless they want you to put the decimal

anonymous · Answer

Thank you so much for your help!

sleepyjess · Answer

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