How do you find the perimeter if it's a triangle in a coordinate plane X(0,2), Y(4,-1), Z(-2,-1)?

Use the .

The distance formula is made to find the distance between two points, and you just have to use it three times, in the order given of the points.

The distance formual is:

##d= sqrt ((x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2##

Here ##x_2## means the second ##x## coordinate and ##y_2## the second ##y## coordinate, and ##x_1## the first ##x## coordinate and ##y_1## the first ##y## coordinate.

Now, plug in the numbers. You will get:

##d = sqrt((4-0)^2+(-1-2))^2##

##d = sqrt((-2-4)^2+(-1-(-1))^2##

##d = sqrt((0-(-2))^2+(2-(-1))^2##.

Once you have simplified those down completely, add them, and you have the answer. :)