John was visiting three cities that lie on a coordinate grid at (-4, 5), (4, 5), and (-3, -4). If he visited all the cities and ended up where he started, what is the distance he traveled? Round your answer to the nearest tenth. (like 3.2 or 5.7)

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John was visiting three cities that lie on a coordinate grid at (-4, 5), (4, 5), and (-3, -4). If he visited all the cities and ended up where he started, what is the distance he traveled?  Round your answer to the nearest tenth. (like 3.2 or 5.7)

anonymous · Answer

Find the distance between the points using the distance formula $$\large \bf  d=\sqrt{(x_{2}-x_{1})^{2}+(y_{2}-y_{1})^{2}}$$

anonymous · Answer

okay

anonymous · Answer

would it be 16 ?

solomonzelman · Answer

the points (-4, 5) and (4, 5) lay on the same line y=5, so the distance between these points is just: 4-(-4)
So you know the first side of 8 units.

You do however need the distance formula for two other sides.
1. Distance between (-3, -4) and (-4, 5)
2. Distance between (-3, -4) and (4, 5)

solomonzelman · Answer

Distance between (-3, -4) and (-4, 5) =

$\small\color{black}{ \displaystyle \sqrt{(-4-5)^2+(-3--4)^2}=?}$ 
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Distance between (-3, -4) and (4, 5) =

$\small\color{black}{ \displaystyle \sqrt{(-4-5)^2+(-3-4)^2}=?}$

solomonzelman · Answer

after you find all sides, add them up

anonymous · Answer

would it be 16?

anonymous · Answer

I had gotten 12 but I know definitely it isn't the answer for the question