SOLUTION: What is the length of the longest side of a triangle that has vertices at (4, -2), (-4, -2), and (4, 4)?
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Question 1153156: What is the length of the longest side of a triangle that has vertices at (4, -2), (-4, -2), and (4, 4)?
Answer by Boreal(15235) (Show Source): You can put this solution on YOUR website!
One side is 6 units (same x value)
Another side is 8 units (same y-values)
The side with different x or y (-4, -2) and (4, 4) has length sqrt(64+36)=10 units, and that is the longest side.
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