document.write( "Question 391969: Find the distance between points at (4,-1) and (-2,-5).\r
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document.write( "There are two ways:\r\n" );
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document.write( "First draw the two points and draw a line segment from one to the\r\n" );
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document.write( "Draw a right triangle whose hypotenuse is the green line:\r\n" );
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document.write( "Count the units in the lower red leg of the right triangle and you'll find it\r\n" );
document.write( "is 6 units long.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Count the units in the right red leg of the right triangle and you'll find it \r\n" );
document.write( "is 4 units long.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Use the Pythagorean theorem and find the length of the green hypotenuse:\r\n" );
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document.write( "(4,-1) and (-2,-5).\r\n" );
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document.write( "Another way is to use the formula, which amounts to the same thing:\r\n" );
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