Question

Mark is playing baseball after school. He wants to find the total distance he will need to ride his bike from school to the park, where his game will be played. Find the distance Mark will ride to the park from school. Leave your answer in

simplest radical form if necessary.

- 6
- square root 13
- 5
- 2 square root 5

Answer 1

i think it's 6.

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Answer 2

2√5

Explanation:

school is at (8,7) and park is at (10,11)

distance formula is the square root of the difference of the y-values, squared, added to the difference of the x-values, squared.

d = √(11-7)²+(10-8)²

d = √4²+2²

d = √16+4

d = √20 which equals √4·√5 which equals 2√5