document.write( "Question 934596: The three vertices of a triangle are as follows:
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Algebra.Com's Answer #567581 by MathLover1(20849)\"\" \"About 
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first find the distance between given points:\r
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Solved by pluggable solver: Distance Formula

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\n" ); document.write( " The first point is (x1,y1). The second point is (x2,y2)
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\n" ); document.write( " Since the first point is (-4, 5), we can say (x1, y1) = (-4, 5)
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\n" ); document.write( " Since the second point is (-4, -3), we can also say (x2, y2) = (-4, -3)
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\n" ); document.write( " Put this all together to get: \"x%5B1%5D+=+-4\", \"y%5B1%5D+=+5\", \"x%5B2%5D+=+-4\", and \"y%5B2%5D+=+-3\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Now use the distance formula to find the distance between the two points (-4, 5) and (-4, -3)
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%28%28x%5B1%5D-x%5B2%5D%29%5E2+%2B+%28y%5B1%5D+-+y%5B2%5D%29%5E2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%28%28-4+-+%28-4%29%29%5E2+%2B+%285+-+%28-3%29%29%5E2%29\" Plug in \"x%5B1%5D+=+-4\", \"y%5B1%5D+=+5\", \"x%5B2%5D+=+-4\", and \"y%5B2%5D+=+-3\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%28%28-4+%2B+4%29%5E2+%2B+%285+%2B+3%29%5E2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%28%280%29%5E2+%2B+%288%29%5E2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%280+%2B+64%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%2864%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+8\"
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\n" ); document.write( " The distance between the two points (-4, 5) and (-4, -3) is exactly 8 units
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Solved by pluggable solver: Distance Formula

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\n" ); document.write( " The first point is (x1,y1). The second point is (x2,y2)
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\n" ); document.write( " Since the first point is (-4, 5), we can say (x1, y1) = (-4, 5)
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\n" ); document.write( " Since the second point is (2, -3), we can also say (x2, y2) = (2, -3)
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\n" ); document.write( " Put this all together to get: \"x%5B1%5D+=+-4\", \"y%5B1%5D+=+5\", \"x%5B2%5D+=+2\", and \"y%5B2%5D+=+-3\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Now use the distance formula to find the distance between the two points (-4, 5) and (2, -3)
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%28%28x%5B1%5D-x%5B2%5D%29%5E2+%2B+%28y%5B1%5D+-+y%5B2%5D%29%5E2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%28%28-4+-+%282%29%29%5E2+%2B+%285+-+%28-3%29%29%5E2%29\" Plug in \"x%5B1%5D+=+-4\", \"y%5B1%5D+=+5\", \"x%5B2%5D+=+2\", and \"y%5B2%5D+=+-3\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%28%28-4+-+2%29%5E2+%2B+%285+%2B+3%29%5E2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%28%28-6%29%5E2+%2B+%288%29%5E2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%2836+%2B+64%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%28100%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " The distance between the two points (-4, 5) and (2, -3) is exactly 10 units
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\n" ); document.write( " The first point is (x1,y1). The second point is (x2,y2)
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\n" ); document.write( " Since the first point is (-4, -3), we can say (x1, y1) = (-4, -3)
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\n" ); document.write( " Since the second point is (2, -3), we can also say (x2, y2) = (2, -3)
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\n" ); document.write( " Put this all together to get: \"x%5B1%5D+=+-4\", \"y%5B1%5D+=+-3\", \"x%5B2%5D+=+2\", and \"y%5B2%5D+=+-3\"
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\n" ); document.write( " Now use the distance formula to find the distance between the two points (-4, -3) and (2, -3)
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%28%28x%5B1%5D-x%5B2%5D%29%5E2+%2B+%28y%5B1%5D+-+y%5B2%5D%29%5E2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%28%28-4+-+%282%29%29%5E2+%2B+%28-3+-+%28-3%29%29%5E2%29\" Plug in \"x%5B1%5D+=+-4\", \"y%5B1%5D+=+-3\", \"x%5B2%5D+=+2\", and \"y%5B2%5D+=+-3\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%28%28-4+-+2%29%5E2+%2B+%28-3+%2B+3%29%5E2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%28%28-6%29%5E2+%2B+%280%29%5E2%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%2836+%2B+0%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " \"d+=+sqrt%2836%29\"
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\n" ); document.write( " The distance between the two points (-4, -3) and (2, -3) is exactly 6 units
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\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the distance between the two points (\"-4\", \"5\") and (\"-4\", \"-3\") is exactly \"8\" units\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the distance between the two points (\"-4\", \"5\") and (\"2\",\"+-3\") is exactly \"10\" units\r
\n" ); document.write( "\n" ); document.write( "the distance between the two points (\"-4\",\"+-3\") and (\"2\",\"+-3\") is exactly \"6\" units\r
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