document.write( "Question 258803: An equilateral triangle has sides of equal length. Determine whether the triangle with vertices (-1, -1), (2, 3), (-4, 3) is equilateral. \n" ); document.write( "
Algebra.Com's Answer #190522 by richwmiller(17219)![]() ![]() You can put this solution on YOUR website! (-1, -1), (2, 3), (-4, 3) \n" ); document.write( "find distances between \n" ); document.write( "(-1, -1), (2, 3)=distance 5 \n" ); document.write( "(-1-3)^2+ (-1-2)^2=c^2 \n" ); document.write( "4^2+3^2=16+9=25 \n" ); document.write( "sqrt(25)=5 \n" ); document.write( "(2, 3), (-4, 3)=distance 6 \n" ); document.write( "(-4-2)^2+(3-3)^2=36 \n" ); document.write( "sqrt(36)=6 \n" ); document.write( "(-1, -1), (-4, 3)=distance =5 \n" ); document.write( "(-1-(-4 ))^2+(-1-3)^2 \n" ); document.write( "3^2+4^2=25 \n" ); document.write( "sqrt(25)=5 \n" ); document.write( "If any are not the same it is not equilateral\r \n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "sides 5 and 6 \n" ); document.write( "NOT equilateral \n" ); document.write( " \n" ); document.write( " |