Answer:
√85
Step-by-step explanation:
for this, you will probably need to draw a graph. Plot the points, and then you will notice that you can draw a triangle with one side being the x-axis ( go on to (-6,0) then drop down unitll you hit the point (-6;-7)
// use the pythagoream theorem to find the length
the distance of the leg on the x-axis is 6 (calculate 0-(-6))
the distance of the leg that is dropping down is -7 (calculate 0-(-7))
then we have 2 legs and need to find the hypotenuse.
Pythagorean theorem a^2 + b^2 = c^2
substitute :
6^2 + 7^2 = c^2
36+49 = 85
c= √85
Answer:
√3 is irrational
Step-by-step explanation:
The location of the third point of a triangle can be found using a rotation matrix to transform the coordinates of the given points.
<h3 /><h3>Location of point C</h3>
With reference to the attached figure, the slope of line AC is √3, an irrational number. This means the line AC <em>never passes through a point with integer coordinates</em>. (Any point with integer coordinates would be on a line with rational slope.)
<h3>Equilateral triangle</h3>
The line segments making up an equilateral triangle are separated by an angle of 60°. If two vertices are on grid squares, the third must be a rotation of one of them about the other through an angle of 60°. The rotation matrix is irrational, so the rotated point must have irrational coordinates.
The math of it is this. For rotation of (x, y) counterclockwise 60° about the origin, the transformation matrix is ...
Cos(60°) is rational, but sin(60°) is not. For any non-zero rational values of x and y, the sum ...
cos(60°)·x + sin(60°)·y
will be irrational.
As in the attached diagram, if one of the coordinates of the rotated point (B) is zero, then one of the coordinates of its image (C) will be rational. The other image point coordinate cannot be rational.