SOLUTION: find the perimeter of Triangle ABC where A(-4,-1), B(4,5), C(4,-2) and the answer is perimeter=___ + square root sign

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Question 1053545: find the perimeter of Triangle ABC where A(-4,-1), B(4,5), C(4,-2)
and the answer is perimeter=___ + square root sign
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find the perimeter of Triangle ABC where A(-4,-1), B(4,5), C(4,-2)
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Find the 3 lengths, AB, AC & BC
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Use the distance formula:
d+=+sqrt%28diffy%5E2+%2B+diffx%5E2%29
AB = sqrt(8^2 + 6^2) = 10
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do the other 2 sides.
Add the 3 numbers.