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What is the distance between a and b? round your answer to the nearest tenth. a coordinate plane is shown. point a is located at negative 1, 5, and point b is located at 4, 1. a line segment connects the two points.

Michael split a rope that was 28 inches long into 5 equal parts. brenden split a rope that was 30 inches long into 6 equal parts. which boy's rope was cut into longer pieces?