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Tom B. · Stefan V.

Oct 20, 2017

#5#

Explanation:

You can use a right triangle to calculate the length between point #A(2,6)# and point #B (5,2)#.

So the difference in #x = 5 -2 = 3# and the difference in #y = 2-6 = -4#.

Then

#AB = sqrt(3^2 + (-4)^2)#

This is the same as

#AB = sqrt(25)#

which is the same as #5#.

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