Basically, Justin and Tina's paths form two right-angled triangles whose hypotenuses(?) form a straight line between their end points. Therefore we need to find the two distances from the starting point and add them.
Justin walked 3 miles north and 6 miles west so his distance from the start is the square root of 9+36 or 45. This can be simplified to 3√5.
Tina walked 2 miles south and 4 miles east so her distance from the starting point is the square root of 4 + 16 or 20. This can be written as 2√5.
If we add these two distances together we get 5√5. Hence, Justin and Tina are 5√5 miles away from each other.
(4,5)(2,1)
slope = (1 - 5) / (2 - 4) = -4/-2 = 2
(-2,3)(-4,4)
slope = (4 - 3) / (-4 - (-2) = 1/(-4 + 2) = -1/2
2 and -1/2 are negative reciprocals of each other....therefore, ur lines are perpendicular <==
Answer:
In solving a system of linear equations, we try to find values for each of the unknowns that will satisfy every equation in the system
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