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OpenStudy (anonymous):

What is the length of ac ? Round to the nearest hundredth.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

distance formula

OpenStudy (anonymous):

d=√(x1-x2)²+(y2-y1)² d=√(-1-3)²+(-2-2)² is that right ? im not sure how to find x and y

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

its not right

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

lets do step by step. first tell me the coordinates of points A and C : A = ? C = ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

A-(-1,3) C-(2,-2) ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

A correct. C wrong

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

oops ! im wrong, you're correct actually :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okkk (:

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

A (-1, 3) C (2, -2) x1 y1 x2 y2

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

apply distance formula now

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

\(\sqrt{(x1-x2)^2+(y1-y2)^2}\)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

d=√(x1-x2)²+(y1-y2)² d=√(-1-2)²+(3-(-2))² d=√(-3)²+(5)² d=√9+25 d=√34

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

perfect !

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okkk (;. Soo how would i round it to the nearest tenth ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

sorry hundreth

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

plug it in ur calculator

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

what do u get when u take square root of 34 ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oopss i forgot that part. Its 5.83 (: . ! ii Got It . THanksss Sooo Much ! 'ii Leanred something new !

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

nice :)))

OpenStudy (anonymous):

ii have one more question on my assignment. Does coordinates on a triangle tell you what kind of triangle it would be ?

OpenStudy (anonymous):

would it be scalene because they all have diferent points ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

know what, every point in grid will have different numbers.

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

so having different points is okay :) it wont give us any clue about the kind of triangle

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

we need to calculate distance of all 3 sides, and see

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Ohhh Yess .. ^^That makes sense . ... how do i do that ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

use distance formula 3 times, and find the distance of each side

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

start with the finding the length of left side joining points : (-10, 8) and (-10, 3)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

apply distance formula for those two points

OpenStudy (anonymous):

okkik . ill do it paper and be back in a sec.

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

take ur time :) il he here

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

*be

OpenStudy (anonymous):

so i got (-10,8)(-10,3) √5 (-10,8)(-6,5) √-1 (-10,3)(-6,5) √-6

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

check ur signs again

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

you would never get a negative sign inside radical, as these are lengths

OpenStudy (anonymous):

im not sure what i did wrong because i did this (-10,8)(-10,3) x1 y1 x2 y2 d=√-10-(-10)+(8-3) d=√0+5 √5 (-10,8)(-6,5) d=√-10-(-6)+(8-5) d=√-4+3 √-1

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

Below correct way, see if it helps :- (-10, 8)(-10,3)\ \(\sqrt{(-10--10)^2+(8-3)^2} \) \(\sqrt{(0)^2+(5)^2} \) \(5\) (-10,8)(-6,5) \(\sqrt{(-10--6)^2+(8-5)^2} \) \(\sqrt{(-4)^2+(3)^2} \) \(\sqrt{16+9}\) \(\sqrt{25}\) \(5\) (-10,3)(-6,5) \(\sqrt{(-10--6)^2+(3-5)^2} \) \(\sqrt{(-4)^2+(-2)^2} \) \(\sqrt{16+4}\) \(\sqrt{20}\) \(4.47\)

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

looks u forgot to square inside the radical, other than that ur work is pretty good :)

OpenStudy (anonymous):

oohhhh. i had the right numbers and process i just forgot to square it ! ... Stupid mistake -_-... But it would be isoclese right ? because it has 2 equal sides ?

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

yes it is isosceles !!

OpenStudy (anonymous):

Okkk Greaat. Your Great ! Thankss Againnn (:. i Got Another 100% Due to your help ! ... Thanks sooo much ! Welp Time for another assighnment !

ganeshie8 (ganeshie8):

you deserve 100% you're very good in math !! good luck for another 100% :)

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