Question

What is the distance between the 2 points? Round to the nearest tenths place.

Answer 1

Check the picture below.

Answer 2

Answer:

$10.8 units$

Step-by-step explanation:

To find the answer, we need to use the distance formula.

$d=\sqrt{(x-x)^2 +(y-y)^2}$

Let us look at our points. We have:

$(-2, 5)$ and $(-6, -5)$

Now, let's identify our x's and y's:

x₁ = -2

y₁ = 5

x₂ = -6

y₂ = -5

Plug it in to the distance formula and simplify:

$d=\sqrt{(-6+2)^2+(-5-5)^2}$

$d=\sqrt{(-4)^2+(-10)^2}\\d=\sqrt{16 +100} \\d=\sqrt{116}$

$d=2\sqrt{29}$ OR $10.77032961...$