Question

The town of Springville is mapped on a coordinate grid with

the origin being at City Hall. John's house is located at the
point (-5, 7) and Bill's house is located at (-2,3). How far is it
from John's house to Billy's house?

Answer 1

The distance from John's house to Bill's house is 5 units

Explanation:

John's house is located at the point (-5,7) and Bill's house is located at (-2,3) in a map of the town of Springville.

We need to find the distance from John's house to Bill's house. We use the formula of the distance between two points:

Given two points A(x,y) and B(w,z), the distance between them is:

`d=√((w-x)^2+(z-y)^2)`

Applying the formula:

`d=√((-2+5)^2+(3-7)^2)`

`d=√(3^2+4^2)`

`d=√(9+16)=√(25)`

d=5

The distance from John's house to Bill's house is 5 units