document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=98769>Question 98769</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Could some on please help me? I do not remember how to se the Pythagorean theorem to determine the length of each line segment. Where appropriate,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "round to the nearest hundredth.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "( 1,-1) (3,2) </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "     determine the length of each line segment. Where appropriate,<BR>\n" );
document.write( "round to the nearest hundredth.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "( 1,-1) (3,2)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "           To find the length of the line segment we use the distance formula  and not pythagorean formula\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       length = sq.rt (X-x)^2+(Y-y)^2  where X,Y = 1,-1   and x,y = 3,2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "              = sq.rt (1-3)^2+(-1-2)^2\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "              = sq.rt (-2)^2+(-3)^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "              = sq.rt (4+13)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "              = sq.rt (17)\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "       length to the nearest hundredth = 4.12  </SPAN>\n" );
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