Question

What is the vertical distance from the origin to the point (2, 9)?

Answer 1

Answer:

The vertical distance from the origin to the point (2,9) is 9

Or

9.2195

Step-by-step explanation:

It's 9 because y coordinate gives the vertical distance.

Or

It might be 9.2195 because they tell us the point is 2.9 and they are asking the distance from the origin which is zero. So we can use Pythagorean theorem. A²+B²=C² Look at it as a triangle. They have given us A and B, so you can find C² using those information. If you plot the point in the line you know that A=2 and B=9. Using the formula will be 2²+9²=C² ⇒ 4+81=C² ⇒ 85=C². To get rid of the power of 2 in c we have to square both side to cancel it out. C would equal 9.2195