Question

What is the distance between the points (-3, -10) and (4, 9)?

Answer 1

Find the difference in the x value and y value...Or use a graph

Answer 2

use distance formula:
\[\sqrt[2]{(x_1-x_2)^2+(y_1-y_2)^2}\]

Answer 3

Could I suggest you first plot the 2 points on a chart? That way you can understand what you are measuring.

Add the points to this charts:

Answer 4

plug in values and solve:
\[\sqrt{(x_1-x_2)^2+(y_1-y_2)^2}=\sqrt{(-3-4)^2+(-10-9)^2}=?\]

Answer 5

Is the Answer -410?

Answer 6

a distance cannot be negative in this case

Answer 7

So a positive 410

Answer 8

how you got 410???????????

Answer 9

Alex poses a good question. Please, show all of your work and explain your reasoning, instead of asking, "is the answer -410?"

Answer 10

if you did the sketch like I suggested you can see that 410 is not a sensible answer

the points are nowhere near that distance apart