In the video, a right triangle is formed using two points on a coordinate plane. What do the legs of this triangle represent in terms of the coordinates of the points?

The legs represent the difference in the x-coordinates and the difference in the y-coordinates.

How can you find the length of the horizontal leg of the right triangle if you know the coordinates of the two points?

Find the absolute value of the difference between the x-coordinates of the two points.

Find the absolute value of the difference between the y-coordinates of the two points.

I can use the distance formula to verify the Pythagorean theorem.

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To find the distance between two points, create a right triangle where the line connecting the points is the hypotenuse.
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The length of the legs of the triangle can be determined by the difference in the x-coordinates and y-coordinates of the points.
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Using the Pythagorean theorem, a² + b² = c², where c is the distance between the two points, we find that the distance, c, is equal to the square root of 85.