Question

Distance between (-6, -2) and (0,-1)

Answer 1

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To find the distance between two points, you square the difference of the x-values and square the difference of the y-values, add them, and then you square root it!

First, we'll add our two x-values.

-6-0= -6

We square it, which means to multiply it by itself.

-6(-6)=36        (If you multiply an even number of negative numbers, your answer is positive. Since we have two negative numbers, we get positive 36)

Now, we do the same with the y-values.

-2-(-1)=-1           (two negatives make it a plus, as in minus minus 1 is plus one.)

We square it.

-1(-1)=1              

Now, we add these x and y value differences.

36+1=37

Now, we find the square root using a calculator.

√37≈6.08

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