Algebra 1 : Equations of Lines

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Example Questions

Example Question #31 : How To Find The Length Of A Line With Distance Formula

FInd the length of the line connecting the following two points. Simplify your answer.

 and 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve this problem we need to remember the distance formula for points on a coordinate plane:

In this case,  and 

Example Question #32 : How To Find The Length Of A Line With Distance Formula

A line passes through the points  and . What is the distance between these two points?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

The question is merely asking the distance between two points. This kind of problem can be quickly solved for by using the distance formula:

, where  is distance and , and  come from the given points.

This problem merely needs to have the  and  values substituted in for so we can solve for

Arbitrarily assigning  and , we substitute in our values as follows:

Example Question #33 : How To Find The Length Of A Line With Distance Formula

A line passes through  and . What's the distance between these two points?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The question is merely asking the distance between two points. This kind of problem can be quickly solved for by using the distance formula:

, where  is distance and , and  come from the given points.

This problem merely needs to have the  and  values substituted in for so we can solve for 

Arbitrarily assigning  and , we substitute in our values as follows:

Example Question #34 : How To Find The Length Of A Line With Distance Formula

What is the distance between the following points?

 

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

What is the distance between the following points?

 

To find distance, use distance formula:

Note, if you cannot recall distance formula think of Pythagorean theorem. When using distance formula, you are simply finding the length of the hypotenuse of a right triangle.

Anyway, start plugging in our points and simplify to the answer. We'll call our first point 1 and our second point 2

 So our answer is 52.3

 

Example Question #35 : How To Find The Length Of A Line With Distance Formula

What is the length of the distance between the points  and ?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

What is the length of the distance between the points  and ?

Find distance with distance formula, which is quite similar to Pythagorean Theorem

Now, let's call  point 1 and  point 2, then let's plug in and find d!

So the distance is 15

Example Question #36 : How To Find The Length Of A Line With Distance Formula

Find the distance between the following points:

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Find the distance between the following points:

To find the distance between two points, use distance formula.

Distance formula is closely related to Pythagorean theorem. Pythagorean Theorem is:

Which can be rewritten as:

Now, in distance formula, we are essentially finding the hypotenuse of a right triangle.

Anyway, to find the distance, we simply need to plug in the points we are given and simplify:

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So our hypotenuse (distance) is 30.

If you are really observant, you can see that the other two sides of the triangles are 24 and 18.

Example Question #37 : How To Find The Length Of A Line With Distance Formula

A line is connected by the points  and .  What is the distance of this line?

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

Write the distance formula.

Substitute the values of the points inside the equation.

Simplify by order of operations.

The length of the line is .

Example Question #31 : How To Find The Length Of A Line With Distance Formula

Find the distance between these two points using the distance formula:

 and 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

To find the distance between two points using the distance formula, we use the following formula:

where  and  are the given points.  So, we can substitute the points  and .

Therefore, the distance is .

Example Question #41 : Points And Distance Formula

Find the length of the line with endpoints (-7, 2) and (5, 9) using the distance formula.

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Correct answer:

Explanation:

To solve, we will use the distance formula:

where  and  are the given points.  Given the points

 and 

we can substitute into the formula.  We get,

Therefore, the length of the line with the endpoints (-7, 2) and (5, 9) is .

Example Question #42 : How To Find The Length Of A Line With Distance Formula

Given the following two points:

Calculate the distance between the two points using the distance formula. Round your answer to one decimal place. 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The distance formula equation is as follows:

   

Note that  simply refer to the 'first  and ' and 'second  and ' points, these are simply for keeping track and do not require any further computation. 

The  and  coordinates given can be plugged in to solve for the distance between these two points.

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