document.write( "Question 1017292: Find the perimeter of the triangle with the vertices at \r
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You need to use the distance formula to find the length of the line connecting points (1, 2) & (- 6, 5), and (1, 2) & (- 6, - 4). \r
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document.write( "You do not need to do this for the line connecting (- 6, 5) and (- 6, - 4) since these points' x-coordinates are the same, hence a vertical line
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document.write( "that's parallel to the y-axis. This length is found by merely taking the absolute value of the difference between the y-coordinates.
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document.write( "This is: either: , or . You could also subtract the smaller value (- 4) from the larger value (5). 
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document.write( "Do you now see the length of this side? I sure hope so! \n" );
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