Hi yall ill give you a medal if someone can tell me the formula to solve this equation. it is to find the distance between to end points.

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ffasinger · Answer

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animallover8 · Answer

What are you trying to figure out about the graph?

ffasinger · Answer

the distance beteween 2 endpoints

animallover8 · Answer

So this answer will be found by using the Pythagorean Theorem. The line connecting the points on the graph will be the hypotenuse, but we'll call it c.
We know that we need to find the length of c.
$$c^{2}=a ^{2}+b ^{2}$$

ffasinger · Answer

i am pretty sure that is not how you do it

animallover8 · Answer

Hold on.

animallover8 · Answer

To find a and b of this equation, you will measure the distance horizontally and vertically between the two points.

animallover8 · Answer

So the point that would complete the triangle is (2, -2).
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animallover8 · Answer

We now need to know the lengths of these sides.
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ffasinger · Answer

this is not how you do it i know this for a fact

animallover8 · Answer

Listen.
$$a ^{2}+b ^{2}=c ^{2}$$
so
$$36+25=c ^{2}$$
 So C is 7.81 or so.

animallover8 · Answer

Is that not correct?

ffasinger · Answer

no not even close . im sorry

animallover8 · Answer

You said distance between the two points...

animallover8 · Answer

right?

ffasinger · Answer

yeah but it has nothing to do with triangles

animallover8 · Answer

I know it doesn't, but the Pythagorean Theorem is part of the distance formula...
I'm in advanced Euclidean Geometry... I've finished Algebra 1 and 2 and all that, and that's what I've done for quite a while. Perhaps a number was off, but the reasoning is sound.

ffasinger · Answer

but my ansewr came out in unist

animallover8 · Answer

I apologize for whatever error I made, but that is the basic method. I'm sorry to have wasted your time.

ffasinger · Answer

no your fine