Question

Lynda plans to go to the animal shelter to adopt a dog and then take the dog to Precious Pup Grooming services. The shelter is located at (-1,9), while Precious Pup Grooming Services is located at (11,0). Find the location of Lynda's home if it is 1/3 of thr distance from the shelter to Precious Pup Grooming Services

Answer 1

Lynda's house will be located at (3,6)

Explanation:

in order to find the total distance between the animal shelter and Pup Grooming, we form a triangle with base = 12, height = 9. The distance between them = √(12² + 9²) = √225 = 15.

Since Lynda's house is 5 units from the animal shelter, we have a new triangle with a hypotenuse of 10, height of 6, and base of 8. Lynda's house will be located at (3,6).