To find the distance between (-3,4) and (3,-1), Jacob's teacher drew a diagram and marked blue lines to represent the legs of a right triangle. Jacob then used 52 and 62 to find the distance represented by the red segment. What distance did he find?

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anonymous · Answer

To find the distance between (-3,4) and (3,-1), Jacob's teacher drew a diagram and marked blue lines to represent the legs of a right triangle. Jacob then used 52 and 62 to find the distance represented by the red segment. What distance did he find?

anonymous · Answer

To find the distance between (-3,4) and (3,-1), Jacob's teacher drew a diagram and marked blue lines to represent the legs of a right triangle. Jacob then used 52 and 62 to find the distance represented by the red segment. What distance did he find?

amistre64 · Answer

if you use the pythag thrm, you can use the length of the sides to determine the length of the hypotenuse