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Find the length of the line segment connecting each pair of points. a. (1, 3), (6, 3) b. (-4, 2), (1, 2) c. (7, -5), (7, -3) d. (-8, -4), (8, -4)

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(a). To find the length, we need to get the distance between the two points (1,3)(1,3) and (6,3)(6,3). Then we have

distance=(x2x1)2+(y2y1)2=(61)2+(33)2=52+02=25=±5\begin{aligned} \text{distance}&=\sqrt{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2}\\ &=\sqrt{(6-1)^2+(3-3)^2}\\ &=\sqrt{5^2+0^2}\\ &=\sqrt{25}\\ &=\pm 5 \end{aligned}

Hence, the length between the two points (1,3)(1,3) and (6,3)(6,3) is 55 units.

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