Question

HELP ASAP Margarite leaves her home to run several errands. Her house, the supermarket, the municipal building, and the post office are represented on a coordinate grid with the following locations:

Margarite's house is at (−5, 3) .

The supermarket is at ​​ (2, 3) .

The municipal building is at (2,−2) .

The post office is at (−5,−2) .

Margarite drives from her home to the supermarket, then to the municipal building, then to the post office, and then back home. The paths from one location to another are straight lines. Each unit on the coordinate grid represents 1 mile.

What is the total distance Margarite has traveled?



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Answer 1

Total Distance = 24 miles

Explanation:

The attached picture shows the 4 locations in the coordinate grid.

• Margarite went from home to supermarket, then
• supermarket to municipal, then
• municipal to post office, then
• post office to home.

Looking at the picture, it should be clear the distance for each "leg" of her journey. Below we write the distances:

• home to supermarket: 7 units

• supermarket to municipal: 5 units

• municipal to post office: 7 units

• post office to home: 5 units

Total distance =
`7+5+7+5=24` units

Each unit is 1 mile, hence total distance = 24 miles