Somebody help!! i believe the points are (1,-2) and (-5,5)

also i solved this and got 3.6 as my answer and don’t know if that’s correct. so please help

See the picture below for a way to construct a right triangle that makes that piece the longest side of the triangle your line segment.

With that setup, you can use they Pythagorean Theorem.

And then solve that for c, keeping in mind c must be positive.

If you want to use the distance formula, that is just the Pythagorean theorem solved for c:

Applying that to your situation

positive

step-by-step explanation:

the quadrant is facing upwards