University Calculus: Early Transcendentals (3rd Edition)

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Chapter 11 - Section 11.1 - Three-Dimensional Coordinate Systems - Exercises - Page 600: 45

Answer

$2 \sqrt 3$

Work Step by Step

Let $A=(0,0,0)$ and $B=(2,-2,-2)$ be the two given points. The distance between two points can be calculated as: $|AB|=\sqrt{(x-x_0)^2+(y-y_0)^2+(z-z_0)^2}$ Thus, we have $|AB|=\sqrt{(2-0)^2+(-2-0)^2+(-2-0)^2}=\sqrt {4+4+4}=\sqrt{12}=2 \sqrt 3$
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