Question

On the coordinate plane shown below, points and have coordinates and , respectively. Design a strategy in which the Pythagorean theorem is used to calculate the straight line distance between points and on a coordinate plane. Use complete sentences to describe the strategy. Use the Pythagorean theorem to determine the distance between the two points on the coordinate plane. In your final answer, include all of your calculations. Use the distance formula and the coordinates of points and to prove that the Pythagorean theorem is an alternative method for calculating the distance between points on a coordinate plane. In your final answer, include all of your calculations.

Answer 1

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Explanation:

The question is incomplete because the image is missing. However, I have attached an image from Lumen learning to help you understand how to calculate the difference between two points on a straight line graph.

Given two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2) on a straight line graph as shown in the image attached, a straight line drawn to join the two points gives the distance between the two points. This line drawn to join the points becomes the hypotenuse of a triangle ABC.

Given that;

(x2-x1) =a

(y2-y1)=b

distance =c

Recall that Pythagoras's theorem states that;

`c= \sqrt{a^(2) + b^(2) }`

Then, according to Pythagoras's theorem;

c =√(x2-x1)2 + (y2-y1)2)

Simply put;

c=√(difference between abscissae)2 - (difference between ordinates)2

You can now substitute values and obtain a numerical result.