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theyadoreshayyy:

Alex wants to fence in an area for a dog park. He has plotted three sides of the fenced area at the points E (0, 5), F (5, 5), and G (1, 1). He has 20 units of fencing. Where could Alex place point H so that he does not have to buy more fencing?

theyadoreshayyy:

Tyrion:

is the answer u khoose the one u got it on??

theyadoreshayyy:

no, i pressed it on accident

axie:

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axie:

those are your dots, so for this you use leg^2 leg^2=hypotenuse^2 (long side)

axie:

but since we dont have the second leg, we just do the equation in reverse. work it out and show me what you got (H^2 - leg^2)

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