SOLUTION: Find the length of the hypotenuse to the nearest 100th. triangle with coordinates (-5,3) (5,-3) (-5,-3) Thanks

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Question 958609: Find the length of the hypotenuse to the nearest 100th. triangle with coordinates (-5,3) (5,-3) (-5,-3)
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Answer by josgarithmetic(39617) About Me  (Show Source):
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Either plot the points on paper (graph) or visualize the set of them, and note that the hypotenuse will be from (-5,3) to (5,-3). No trouble should be in identifying the point (-5,-3) as where the right angle is.

Use the distance formula for (-5,3) to (5,-3).
sqrt%28%28-5-5%29%5E2%2B%283-%28-3%29%29%5E2%29
Compute that.