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Point A(12,0) is on the x-axis and point B(0,−5) is on the y-axis. Find the distance between points A and B

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Answer:

13 units

Explanation:

You can make a right triangle with this information and use the Pythagorean theorem.

The length of the triangle would be 12 and the height would be 5


a^(2) +
b^(2) =
c^(2)


12^(2) +
(-5)^(2) =
c^(2)

144 + 25 =
c^(2)

169 =
c^(2)


√(169) =
\sqrt{c^(2) }

13 = c

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