Question

Your apartment is at (0, 0) on a coordinate plane. You want to go to Chicken Shack (CS) and get some tasty chicken tenders, with buffalo sauce, curly fries, ranch and a Diet Pepsi. Chicken Shack's (CS) location is at (3, 4) . After Chicken Shack (CS ), you go to Baskin Robbins (BR) with your two co-workers at the location (- 4, 4) . What is the total distance you traveled?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

The distance between two points on a coordinate plane is given by:

`Distance=√((x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2)`

Given the location of the apartment (AP) is at A(0,0), the Chicken Shack's (CS) location is at C(3, 4) and Baskin Robbins (BR) is at the location B(- 4, 4). Hence the following distance are:

`|AB|=√((-4-0)^2+(4-0)^2) =4√(2)\ units\\\\|AC|=√((3-0)^2+(4-0)^2)=5\ units \\\\|BC|=√((3-(-4))^2+(4-4)^2)=7\ units`

Hence the total distance travelled = distance between the apartment and chicken shack +distance between apartment and Baskin Robbins + distance between Baskin Robbins and chicken shack

total distance travelled = AB + BC + AC = 4√2 + 7 + 5

total distance travelled = 17.66 units