Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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ISBN 10: 0-32187-896-5
ISBN 13: 978-0-32187-896-0

Appendices - Section A.3 - Lines, Circles, and Parabolas - Exercises A.3 - Page AP-18: 48

Answer

$|AB|=|AC|=|BC|=2$ so the triangle is equilateral.

Work Step by Step

Apply the distance formula $d=\sqrt{(x_{2}-x_{1})^{2}+(y_{2}-y_{1})^{2}}$ $|AB|=\sqrt{(x_{B}-x_{A})^{2}+(y_{B}-y_{A})^{2}}=\sqrt{(1-0)^{2}+(\sqrt{3}-0)^{2}}=\sqrt{4} =2$ $|AC|=\sqrt{(x_{C}-x_{A})^{2}+(y_{C}-y_{A})^{2}}=\sqrt{(2-0)^{2}+(0-0)^{2}}=\sqrt{4} =2$ $|BC|=\sqrt{(x_{C}-x_{B})^{2}+(y_{C}-y_{B})^{2}}=\sqrt{(2-1)^{2}+(0-\sqrt{3})^{2}}=\sqrt{1+3} =2$
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