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Study Guide: Lines and Slope: Finding Distance of Two Points
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Lines and Slope: Finding Distance of Two Points

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Use the following formula to find the distance of two points with the coordinates A (image) and B (image):

image
 

Examples:
Example 1. 
Find the distance between image and image on the coordinate plane.
Solution: Use distance of two points formula: image
image. Then: image
image
Then: image

Example 2.  Find the distance of two points image and image.
Solution: Use distance of two points formula: image
image
Then: image. Then: image

Example 3.  Find the distance between image and image.
Solution: Use distance of two points formula: image
image. Then: image
image



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