Find the Distance Between Two Points (-6,-4) , (-2,2)

$(- 6, - 4)$ , $(- 2, 2)$

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.

$\sqrt{{((- 2) - (- 6))}^{2} + {(2 - (- 4))}^{2}}$

Step 3

Simplify.

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 6$ .

$\sqrt{{(- 2 + 6)}^{2} + {(2 - (- 4))}^{2}}$

Add $- 2$ and $6$ .

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

Raise $4$ to the power of $2$ .

$\sqrt{16 + {(2 - (- 4))}^{2}}$

Multiply $- 1$ by $- 4$ .

$\sqrt{16 + {(2 + 4)}^{2}}$

Add $2$ and $4$ .

$\sqrt{16 + 6^{2}}$

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

$\sqrt{16 + 36}$

Add $16$ and $36$ .

$\sqrt{52}$

Rewrite $52$ as $2^{2} \cdot 13$ .

Factor $4$ out of $52$ .

$\sqrt{4 (13)}$

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

$\sqrt{2^{2} \cdot 13}$

Pull terms out from under the radical.

$2 \sqrt{13}$

Step 4

The result can be shown in multiple forms.

Exact Form:

$2 \sqrt{13}$

Decimal Form:

$7.21110255 \dots$

Step 5