Plot the points A(-3, 6) and B(5, 1), and find the distance d(A, B).
Point A: (-3, 6)
Point B: (5, 1)
The points are plotted in Figure 4. By the distance formula,
\begin{aligned}d(A, B) & =\sqrt{[5-(-3)]^2+(1-6)^2} \\& =\sqrt{8^2+(-5)^2} \\& =\sqrt{64+25}=\sqrt{89} \approx 9.43 .\end{aligned}