Find the distance between the points LaTeX:  \displaystyle \left( -57, \  38\right) and LaTeX:  \displaystyle \left( 3, \  70\right) .

The distace formula gives LaTeX:  \displaystyle d=\sqrt{ ((3)-(-57))^2 + ((70)-(38))^2 }=\sqrt{ 3600 + 1024 } . Simplifying gives LaTeX:  \displaystyle d = 68 .