Question

a grid shows the positions of a subway stop and our house. the subway stop is located at (-7,-1), and your house is located at (-3,4) what is the distance to the nearest unit, between your house and the subway stop?

Answer 1

Out of the Answer Choices that you gave, "6" would be corect.

Answer: 6.4

To solve this problem we are going to be using the Pythagorean Theorem.

Pythagorean Theorem:
`a^(2) + b^(2) = c^(2)`

I Graphed your points. Now we will find a and b.

Now we will fill in the formula [look at picture to find where i got my numbers]

a^2 + b^2 = c^2

4^2 + 5^2 = c^2

16 + 25 = c^2

41 = c^2

6.4 = c

Sorry for the bad Picture. I drew the triangle myself.