Jason plotted the point (4, 4) and (-4, -4) on a coordinate plane. He says that the distance between the two points is 8 because

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Scilla [17]

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Jason plotted the point (4, 4) and (-4, -4) on a coordinate plane. He says that the distance between the two points is 8 because

|4| + |-4| = 8. What mistake is Jason making?

Mathematics

1 answer:

Llana [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-01T15:39:04+03:00

Jason is ignoring the fact that the line going throught these two points is going to form a slope, so he cannot simply subtract those two values. He must either use the distance formula or make a right triangle from the two points to find the length using the Pythagorean theorem.