Week 14 – Math 10

Here is one of the questions that I had trouble solving,

(1 C)

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The mistake that I was making was that I subtracted x1 by y1, and x2 by x2. InĀ other words, I did whatever was in the same bracket.

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The correct way to do this question is to minus x1 by x2, and y1 by y2, then square each difference and add them together. If the end result is a perfect square, write it as that, but if it is not then leave it but put a root sign over it. Putting a root sign over the radical is more accurate than plugging in the radical in your calculator and trying to round the ugly number.

here is the correct answer,

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(the final answer is 11, but it got cut off)