document.write( "Question 1209094: Find the distance between the $x$-intercept and the $y$-intercept of the line below.\r
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document.write( "Find the x-intercept by substituting y=0 in the equation and solving for x.\r\n" );
document.write( "Find the y-intercept by substituting x=0 in the equation and solving for y.\r\n" );
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document.write( "They will be fractions.\r\n" );
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document.write( "Now you have a right triangle formed, so use the Pythagorean theorem to\r\n" );
document.write( "find the distance between the x-intercept and the y-intercept. It will\r\n" );
document.write( "be the hypotenuse. Or if you've studied the distance formula, you can use \r\n" );
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