Question

Given points A(3, 2) and B(9, 1). Answer the following question concerning using the Pythagorean Theorem to find AB.
What is this value of the horizontal leg?

Answer 1

horizontal leg?

Answer 2

thats all they gave me

Answer 3

ooohh ok i see

Answer 4

horizontal leg is 1

Answer 5

you are supposed to connect the dots and then draw a right triangle. the base will be 1 (the distance from 1 to 2 in the y) and the vertical will be 6, the distance from 3 to 9

Answer 6

then you will be asked to find the length of the hypotenuse which is the distance between the two points. that will be

\[\sqrt{1^2+6^2}=\sqrt{1+36}=\sqrt{37}\]