What is the distance between $(1, -3)$ and $(-4, 3)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2015-12-19T22:21:44

$sqrt(61)$

Find the distance between the two $x$ points

$abs(-4-1) = 5$

Next find the distance between the two $y$ points

$abs(3-(-3)) = 6$

Use the pythagorean theorem

$a^2+b^2=c^2$

where $a=5$ and $b=6$

Solve for c

$c=sqrt(25+36)$

Finally

$c=sqrt(61)$

What is the distance between (1, -3) (1, -3) and (-4, 3) (-4, 3) ?