Find the distance between the points (-2, 4) and (4, -6).

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solomonzelman · Answer

Let me give you the distance formula.

$\Large\color{black}{ \displaystyle {\rm D} =\sqrt{ (\color{blue}{{\rm y}_1}-\color{red}{{\rm y}_2})^2+(\color{green}{{\rm x}_1}-\color{darkgoldenrod}{{\rm x}_2})^2    }}$


where
$\Large\color{black}{ \displaystyle {\rm D} }$ is the distance.

$\Large\color{black}{ \displaystyle (\color{green}{{\rm x}_1}~,~~\color{blue}{{\rm y}_1})   }$     and     $\Large\color{black}{ \displaystyle (\color{darkgoldenrod}{{\rm x}_2}~,~~\color{red}{{\rm y}_2})   }$    are your two points. 

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IN YOUR CASE, the points are $\Large\color{black}{ \displaystyle (\color{green}{-2}~,~~\color{blue}{4})   }$     and     $\Large\color{black}{ \displaystyle (\color{darkgoldenrod}{4}~,~~\color{red}{-6})   }$.

anonymous · Answer

Would the answer be D=136