Hi, Hayesannaliese! There are two ways of solving this.
For right triangles, we can use the Pythagorean theorem. For this, we can see that (-2, 5) is 9 units above (-2, -4) and (6, 5) is 8 units right of (-2, 5). For the Pythagorean theorem, . Plug in the a and b values below:
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c = 12.04 units
Second method: finding the distance between two points
For this problem, we need to find the distance between (-2, -4) and (6, 5).
So the equation is
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= 12.04 units.
Hope this was helpful. Good luck. :)