Let <span>the town courthouse be the origin of coordinate plane, the positive direction of x-axis is west and negative direction is east, the positive direction of y-axis is north and negative direction is south. Then a lawyer home has coordinates (-2,3) and lawyer office has coordinates (5, -21).
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Use the distance formula

to get the <span>distance between lawyer's home and office:
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Answer: 25 miles.
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Answer:
y = 2x -5
Step-by-step explanation:
The parallel line will differ only in the value of c. That can be found using the given point.
y = mx +c
c = y -mx . . . . . . subtract mx to solve for c
c = 1 -2·3 = -5 . . . . . . the value of m is 2 in the given equation (x, y) = (3, 1)
The equation of the parallel line is ...
y = 2x -5
Answer:
Rob saved $24 on Saturday.
Step-by-step explanation:
Given:
Rob is saving to buy a new MP3 player.
Money earned in baby sitting = $11
Money saved =$6
First we will find the Percentage of amount he saved.
Percentage of amount he saved can calculated by Amount saved divided by total money earned and then multiplying by 100.
framing in equation form we get;
Percentage of amount he saved = 
Now Given:
Money earned in babysitting on Saturday = $44
We need to find the Money he saved on Saturday.
Money Saved can be calculated by Percentage of amount he saved multiplying by Money earned in babysitting on Saturday and then divided by 100.
framing in equation form we get;
Money Saved on Saturday = 
Hence Rob saved $24 on Saturday.
Communitive Property of Addition