What is the distance between $(4, 4)$ and $(-7, 7)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-05-08T12:18:01

The distance $=sqrt(130$

$(4,4) = color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(-7,7) = color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The distance is calculated using formula:

Distance $=sqrt((x_1 - x_1)^2 + (y_2 - y_1)^2)$

$=sqrt((-7 -4)^2 + ( 7-4)^2)$

$=sqrt((-11)^2 + ( 3)^2)$

$=sqrt((121 + 9)$

$=sqrt(130$

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