document.write( "Question 491481: I have a question on homework that says to us the pythagorean theorem to find the distance between two points on a plane. The points are (9,5) and (-2,2) \n" ); document.write( "
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find the distance between two points on a plane. The points are (9,5) and (-2,2)
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\n" ); document.write( "The distance formula: d = \"sqrt%28%28x2-x1%29%5E2+%2B+%28y2-y1%29%5E2%29%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "Assign the given values as follows
\n" ); document.write( "x1 = 9; y1 = 5
\n" ); document.write( "x2 =-2; y2 = 2
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\n" ); document.write( "d = \"sqrt%28%28-2-9%29%5E2+%2B+%282-5%29%5E2%29%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "d = \"sqrt%28%28-11%29%5E2+%2B+%28-3%29%5E2%29%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "d = \"sqrt%28121+%2B+9%29%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( "d = \"sqrt%28130%29%29\"
\n" ); document.write( "d = 11.4
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