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2-21.

Plot each pair of points and find the distance between them. Give answers in both square-root form and as decimal approximations.

Draw a right triangle with the hypotenuse segment connecting the given points. Recall the Pythagorean Theorem. Find the difference between the - and -coordinates, respectively. Square these values, add them, and find the square root of this value.

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  1. Write the distance you found in part (c) in simplified square-root form.

    Rewrite . Which factor can be simplified further?