SOLUTION: If you only have the points of a right triangle, how do u get the legs? For example the points 6,6 and 6,3 and 1,3?

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Question 410219: If you only have the points of a right triangle, how do u get the legs? For example the points 6,6 and 6,3 and 1,3?
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Use the distance formula once for each side of the triangle:



where and are the coordinates of the chosen pair of points.

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