What is the length of the shortest side of a triangle that has vertices at (-6, -5), (-5, 6), and (-2, 2)?

A. 5 units
B. 2v5 units
C. 7 units
D. 9 units


PLEASE ANSWER ASAP

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Answer:

5 units

Step-by-step explanation:

I hope the attached diagram is relatively self-explanatory.  I made a smaller right triangle that included the smallest side of the larger triangle.  The only missing coordinate was the point of the right angle.  But both of its coordinates were shared with other points, so that was not a problem.  

Use the Pythagorean theorem to solve for the small side.  

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