SOLUTION: I can't understand a question in my homework the says GEOMETRY:Find The Perimeter of each figure Figure 1: B(-3,6) A(4,1) C(0,0) I know something to do with the distance form

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Question 870378: I can't understand a question in my homework the says
GEOMETRY:Find The Perimeter of each figure
Figure 1: B(-3,6) A(4,1) C(0,0)
I know something to do with the distance formula but I don't know how to solve it

Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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Find The Perimeter of each figure
Figure 1: B(-3,6) A(4,1) C(0,0)
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Find the distance between each pair of points.
d+=+sqrt%28diffy%5E2+%2B+diffx%5E2%29
AB+=+sqrt%285%5E2+%2B+7%5E2%29+=+sqrt%2874%29
Perimeter = AB + AC + BC