what is the distance between p(12, 4) and q(-8, 2)

The distance formula is , where and are the points.

Substitute in the points.

Subtract.

Solve the exponents.

Add.

Now, we can simplify this square root just a little bit. has a square factor of .

The square root of equals .

Step-by-step explanation:

The distance between two points can be calculated with the following formula:

Given the points  P(12, 4) and Q(-8, 2), we can identify that:

Then, substituing values into the formula, we get that the distance between these two points is:

3: 2

step-by-step explanation:

shorter piece is 2: 3, so just reverse it, and you get 3: 2

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