document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=218259>Question 218259</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> find the perimeter of the triangle whose vertices are the following specified points in the plane: (2,-7), (6,9) and (0,-6) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "Let X be the point (2,-7).  Let Y be the point (6,9).  Let Z be the point (0,-6).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Use the distance formula to calculate the measure of segment XY:\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ d = sqrt{(x_1 - x_2)^2 + (y_1 - y_2)^2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "where <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(x_1,y_1\right)\"> and <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\Large \left(x_2,y_2\right)\"> are the ordered pairs describing X and Y.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ d = sqrt{(2 - 6)^2 + ((-7) - 9)^2}\">\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Do the arithmetic to get the measure of segment XY.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Now repeat the process twice more to get the measure of segments XZ and YZ.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Once you have the measure of all three segments, add them together to get the perimeter.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "<IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=\"/cgi-bin/rendertex.cgi?\LARGE e^{i\pi} + 1 = 0\"><BR>\n" );
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