What is the distance from negative three comma one to negative one comma five Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.

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anonymous · Answer

You would have to use the distance formula, when you plug in those coordinates it would equal to radical 20

campbell_st · Answer

if you plot the points

join them

the form a right triangle

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you can use pythagoras' theorem to find the distance

hope it helps

swaugh · Answer

i dont know how to do pythagoras therem

campbell_st · Answer

well if you don't know pythagoras then it makes it hard to find the distance 

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Pythagoras' theorem can be used to find the longest side in a right triangle 

the theorem is 

$$a^2 + b^2 = c^2$$

so after you calculate the value 

$$c = \sqrt{a^2 + b^2}$$

so find the distances between x = -3 and x = -1 let this be a



and find the distance y = 1 to y = 5   and let this be b

now you can find the distance between the 2 points