Question

2. Eliza uses the point (3, 9) to her home’s location and uses the point (6, 13) to represent the ice cream shop’s location. Each unit on the graph represents 1 mi. How far her home from the ice cream shop? Show your work. Be sure to use the ordered pairs to find the distances! The y-axis scale goes by 2’s, so it can be confusing.

Answer 1

Answer:

I'm gonna use the distance formula:

Distance = sqrt((x2-x1)^2 + (y2-y1)^2)

Distance = sqrt((6-3)^2 + (13-9)^2)

Distance = sqrt(3^2 + 4^2)

Distance = sqrt(9 + 16)

Distance = sqrt(25)

Distance = 5

The problem says every unit = 1 mile so 5 units = 5 miles.

Answer = 5 miles

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