Find the Distance Between Two Points (-1,-3) , (1,3)

$(- 1, - 3)$ , $(1, 3)$

Step 1

Use the distance formula to determine the distance between the two points.

$Distance = \sqrt{{(x_{2} - x_{1})}^{2} + {(y_{2} - y_{1})}^{2}}$

Step 2

Substitute the actual values of the points into the distance formula.

$\sqrt{{(1 - (- 1))}^{2} + {(3 - (- 3))}^{2}}$

Step 3

Simplify.

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 1$ .

$\sqrt{{(1 + 1)}^{2} + {(3 - (- 3))}^{2}}$

Add $1$ and $1$ .

$\sqrt{2^{2} + {(3 - (- 3))}^{2}}$

Raise $2$ to the power of $2$ .

$\sqrt{4 + {(3 - (- 3))}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 3$ .

$\sqrt{4 + {(3 + 3)}^{2}}$

Add $3$ and $3$ .

$\sqrt{4 + 6^{2}}$

Raise $6$ to the power of $2$ .

$\sqrt{4 + 36}$

Add $4$ and $36$ .

$\sqrt{40}$

Rewrite $40$ as $2^{2} \cdot 10$ .

Factor $4$ out of $40$ .

$\sqrt{4 (10)}$

Rewrite $4$ as $2^{2}$ .

$\sqrt{2^{2} \cdot 10}$

Pull terms out from under the radical.

$2 \sqrt{10}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$2 \sqrt{10}$

Decimal Form:

$6.32455532 \dots$

Step 5