What is the distance between $(8, 2)$ and $(1,-6)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2016-02-19T11:45:46

distance $=sqrt(113$

$(8,2)= color(blue)(x_1,y_1$

$(1,-6)=color(blue)(x_2,y_2$

The distance is calculated using formula :
$sqrt((x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2$

$=sqrt((1-8)^2+(-6-2)^2$

$=sqrt((-7)^2+(-8)^2$

$=sqrt(49+64$

$=sqrt(113$

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