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document.write( "Find the distance between points (-1,-1)and (2,5)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "I am really not sure what I did wrong on this one. It was a multiple choice question. A is 6 square root of 5. B is 3 square root of 6. C is 5 square root of 6. And D is 6 square root of 3. I came up with C. 5 square root of 6. Please tell me what I did wrong....<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #86223 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><B>checkley71(8403)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=checkley71><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=86223\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> I am really not sure what I did wrong on this one. It was a multiple choice question. A is 6 square root of 5. B is 3 square root of 6. C is 5 square root of 6. And D is 6 square root of 3. I came up with C. 5 square root of 6. Please tell me what I did wrong....<BR>\n" );
document.write( "DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DID TO SOLVE THIS.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "YOU COULD HAVE PLOTTED THESE 2 POINTS ON GRAPH PAPER, CONSTRUCTED THE RIGHT TRIANGLE & THEN SOLVED FOR THE HYPOTENUSE. USE INCHES FOR THE 2 POINTS SO YOU'LL BE MORE ACCURATE ON THE FINAL MEASUREMENT.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "MEASURING WOULD NOT HAVE HELPED AS YOU ONLY HAVE SQRT IN THE ANSWERS.  <BR>\n" );
document.write( "HOWEVER CONVERTING THESE ANSWERS TO NUMBERS I GET:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6SQRT5=6*2.23=13.42 WHICH IS NOT THE ANSWER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3SQRT6=3*2.45=7.35  WHICH IS NOT THE ANSWER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "5SQRT6=5*2.45=14.7 WHICH IS NOT THE ANSWER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "6SQRT3=6*1.732=10.39 WHICH IS NOT THE ANSWER.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "CHECK THESE VALUES OUT BY MEASURING THE HYPOTENUSE ON THE GRAPH PAPER.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "FIRST WE FIND THE X DISTANCE: 2+1=3<BR>\n" );
document.write( "NOW WE FIND THE Y DISTANCE: 5+1=6<BR>\n" );
document.write( "NOW WE HAVE TWO SIDES OF A RIGHT TRIANGLE WITH THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THEM IS THE HYPOTENUSE OF THIS RIGHT TRIANGLE:<BR>\n" );
document.write( "USING THE PYTHAGOREON THEORUM A^2+B^2=C^2 WE FIND THE HYPOTENUSE (C).<BR>\n" );
document.write( "3^2+6^2=C^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "9+36=C^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "45=C^2<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=SQRT45<BR>\n" );
document.write( "C=6.7 IS THE LENGTH OF THE HYPOTENUSE.<BR>\n" );
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