Question

What is the distance between (-5, 2) and (-9,-4)?
Leave your answer in simplest radical form.

Answer 1

Answer:

$2\sqrt{13}$

Step-by-step explanation:

Use the distance formula.

$d = \sqrt{(-9+5)^2+(-4-2)^2} = \sqrt{(-4)^2+(-6)^2} = \sqrt{16+36} = \sqrt{52} = 2\sqrt{13}$