Question

What is the distance between the two points (5,-2) and (-3,8)

Answer 1

You need to use the distance formula
$d = \sqrt{ {(x - x)}^{2} + {(y - y)}^{2} }$

$\sqrt{ {(5 + 3)}^{2} + {( - 2 - 8)}^{2} }$
so the distance between points (5,-2) and (-3,8) is
$2 \sqrt{41}$
which won't simplify so it stays as is