Question

What is the driving distance from the police station to an animal shelter

Answer 1

The coordinates of the Police station is (0, -4)

The coordinates of Animal shelter is (6,- 2)

The distance between the Police station and the Animal shelter is given by the formoula;

`\begin{gathered} \text{Distance}=\sqrt[]{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y}_2_{}-y_1)^2_{} \\ \text{Distance}=\sqrt[]{(6-0)^2+(-2--4)^2}=\text{ }\sqrt[]{6^2+2^2} \end{gathered}`
`\text{Distance}=\sqrt[]{36+4}\text{ = }\sqrt[]{40}=\text{ 6.325}\approx6.33`