document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1047960>Question 1047960</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> How do you use the Pythagorean Theorem to find the distance between A(1,0) and B(-3,2)?  </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #663508 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><B>josgarithmetic(39618)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=josgarithmetic><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/nopicture.jpg><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=663508\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Same as the DISTANCE FORMULA.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Your points A and B can form a diagonal of a rectangle on a cartesian system.  Your rectangle has a base of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=1-%28-3%29=1%2B3=4 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"1-%28-3%29=1%2B3=4\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" > and a height of <IMG STYLE=\"max-width:80%;\" SRC=/cgi-bin/plot-formula.mpl?expression=2-0=2 ALIGN=MIDDLE  ALT=\"2-0=2\"   DISABLED_style= \"max-width:90%; height:auto;\" >.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "One corner is the point  (-3,0) and the other corner is (1,2).\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Can you plot the points, label them, and see the two congruent triangles?\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "I left out many steps and any graph.  You could work with this and find how the formula will fit. </SPAN>\n" );
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