To find the distance between (-2,-3) and (4,1), Peggy's teacher drew a diagram and marked blue lines to represent the legs of a right triangle. Peggy then used 4² and 6² to find the distance represented by the red segment. What distance did she find?

20

√114

25

√52

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18 August, 03:44

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Javier Downs · Answer 1

lets say that the unknown distance is x so:

x²=4²+6²

x²=16+36

x²=52

x=√52

To find the distance between (-2,-3) and (4,1), Peggy's teacher drew a diagram and marked blue lines to represent the legs of a right triangle. Peggy then used 4² and 6² to find the distance represented by the red segment. What distance did she find?20√11425√52