The general formula for the distance between two points is

Anyway, if A and B have the same x or y coordinates, this formula can be simplified. For example, in this case the two points have the same x coordinate of -8, so the following part of the formula simplifies:

So, we're left with

but the square root of a square is the absolute value of the object being squared:

which is this case means 
which is the correct length of the side.
Step-by-step explanation:
=x^2+2x+4+9-6x+x^2
=2x^2-4x+13
A: To find the rate in feet per minute, we can use the information given.
Every two minutes, the submarine dives 300 feet. So

.
In order to confirm that our rate is correct, we can use the second set of information given.

=

.
Since we know that the rate is 150 feet per minute, we can multiply it by any number of minutes and get the answer of how deep the submarine is. We can use a variable x to represent the number of minutes and y to represent the depth in feet.

There's our equation.
B: It would be more reasonable to use an equation with the rate feet per minute because it is more accurate since the time interval isn't too big.
Answer:
Terrance is 25.5
Step-by-step explanation: