What is the distance between $(1, 4)$ and $(-6, -7)$ ?

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Answer 1 · 2018-04-16T23:59:07

$d = sqrt(170)$

d= 13.04 units

To find the distance between points at $(1,4)$ and $(-6,-7)$

$d = sqrt((y_2-y_1)^2 + (x_2-x_1)^2)$

for the points given
$x_1 = 1$
$y_1 = 4$
$x_2 = -6$
$y_2 = -7$

plugging in the values we get
$d = sqrt((-7-4)^2 + (-6-1)^2)$

simplifying the parenthesis
$d = sqrt((-11)^2 + (-7)^2)$

Simplifying the squares
$d = sqrt(121 + 49)$

simplifying the radical
$d = sqrt(170)$

d= 13.04 units

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