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2 of 72 of 7 Items Question When applying the distance formula, what do you do after subtracting the x-coordinates and y-coordinates of two points?(1 point) Responses Multiply the differences. Multiply the differences. Add the differences. Add the differences. Square the differences. Square the differences. Divide the differences. Divide the differences. Skip to navigation page 5 of 5

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When applying the distance formula, after subtracting the x-coordinates and the y-coordinates of two points, you should **square the differences**.

The distance formula is given by:

\[ d = \sqrt{(x_2 - x_1)^2 + (y_2 - y_1)^2} \]

So, after finding the differences, you square each of them before adding them together.