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aidenj:
A triangle has vertices (-1, 2), (3, 1), and (7, 2). What is the approximate perimeter of the triangle? Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
A.
16 units
B.
16.24 units
C.
16.31 units
D.
17 units
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aidenj:
wait if it says round to the nearest hundrenth it gonna have a decimal right
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snowflake0531:
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snowflake0531:
What is the length of the the top length, count the units
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aidenj:
it 16 right
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aidenj:
?
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snowflake0531:
...
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snowflake0531:
If you're just going to guess each of the choices over I"m not playing this with you
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aidenj:
im not i counted 16
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snowflake0531:
I doubt that
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aidenj:
i did
bruh since yesterday u bbeen rude u can let it go dude ok
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snowflake0531:
Unless you don't know how to count, count the units
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snowflake0531:
@aidenj wrote:
i did
bruh since yesterday u bbeen rude u can let it go dude ok
I'ts not rude, I just dislike it when you don't actually do it, and just want the answer
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aidenj:
i counted 16 like bruh
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snowflake0531:
but it's not 16...
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aidenj:
if it not 16 what is it
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snowflake0531:
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aidenj:
my god dude
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snowflake0531:
also btw I'm a girl *
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aidenj:
now what
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snowflake0531:
now we want to find this
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aidenj:
it loks like 2.5
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snowflake0531:
no, we want to solve it
do you remember the pythagorena theorem?
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aidenj:
a*2+b*2=c*2
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snowflake0531:
It's squared, not times 2
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aidenj:
i didnt mean times
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aidenj:
so2.5 times 8 right
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snowflake0531:
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aidenj:
so 2.5 times 2.5
6.25 then what
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snowflake0531:
where the literal hell are you getting those numbers
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snowflake0531:
First look at a, how long is that
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aidenj:
oh 4
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snowflake0531:
....bruh, no
Look at side a, what is the length
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aidenj:
2
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snowflake0531:
it's 1 iuhghp4gtihprseyuhiodry6esdr6fti7g8yhu9i
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snowflake0531:
then look at B, what is the length of that
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aidenj:
4
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snowflake0531:
Yes so we can set it up \[4^2+1^2=c^2\] simplify that
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aidenj:
4
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snowflake0531:
... you could also use a calculator
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aidenj:
so 5
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snowflake0531:
.... what is 4^2?
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aidenj:
8
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snowflake0531:
NO, it's not times 2, it's SQUARED
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aidenj:
idk
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snowflake0531:
4^2 is 4 times itself 2 times, in this case, 4 times 4
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aidenj:
16
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snowflake0531:
Put this into your calculator: \[8+2\sqrt17\]
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aidenj:
16.24
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snowflake0531:
there you go
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aidenj:
tys
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