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Example Questions

Example Question #1811 : Ged Math

A triangle on a coordinate plane has the following vertices: . What is the perimeter of the triangle?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Since we are asked to find the perimeter of the triangle, we will need to use the distance formula to find the length of each side. Recall the distance formula:

Start by finding the distance between the points :

Next, find the distance between .

Then, find the distance between .

Finally, add up the lengths of each side to find the perimeter of the triangle.

Example Question #4 : Distance Formula

Find the distance between the points  and .

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Find the distance between the points  and .

To find the distance between two points, we will use distance formula (clever name). Distance formula can be thought of as a modified Pythagorean Theorem. What distance formula does is essentially treats our two points as the ends of a hypotenuse on a right triangle, then uses the two side lengths to find the hypotenuse.

Distance formula:

Pythagorean Theorem

If the connection isn't clear, don't worry, we can still solve for distance.

So our answer is 407

Example Question #11 : Distance Formula

What is the distance between the points  and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Recall the distance formula:

Plug in the given points to find the distance between them.

The distance between those points is .

Example Question #12 : Distance Formula

Find the length of the line connecting the following points.

 

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Find the length of the line connecting the following points.

 

To find the length of a line, use distance formula.

What we are really doing is making a right triangle and using Pythagorean Theorem to find the hypotenuse. 

Let's plug in our points and find the distance!

So our answer is 110

Example Question #1812 : Ged Math

What is the distance between the points  and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Remember that you can consider your two points as:

 and 

From this, remember that the distance formula is:

Now, for your data, this is:

or

You can simplify this value a little. Identify the prime factors of  and move any number that appears in a pair of factors from the interior to the exterior of the square root symbol:

 

Example Question #1813 : Ged Math

What is the distance between the two points  and ?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

Remember that you can consider your two points as:

 and 

From this, remember that the distance formula is:

Now, for your data, this will look like the following.  Be very careful with the negative signs:

or

 is only factorable into  and ; therefore, your answer is in its final form already.

Example Question #1 : Graphing Lines

A line has slope  and -intercept . Give its -intercept.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The -intercept will be a point  for some value . We use the slope formula

,

setting ,

and solving for :

The -intercept is .

Example Question #1814 : Ged Math

A line has slope  and -intercept . Give its -intercept.

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

The -intercept will be the point  for some value . We use the slope formula

,

setting ,

and solving for :

The -intercept is .

Example Question #851 : Geometry And Graphs

Axes 1

Above is the graph of the equation .

Which of the following is the graph of the inequality  ?

Possible Answers:

Axes 1

Axes 1

Axes 1

Axes 1

Correct answer:

Axes 1

Explanation:

The inequality symbol of the statement 

allows for the two quantities to be equal, so the line of the equation

must be part of the graph of the inequality. Therefore, we must select one of the choices with a solid line. Of the two such choices, we can determine which one to select by choosing a test point on one side of the line and substituting the coordinates in the inequality.

The easiest point to select is the origin, or .  Set  in the inequality:

This is false, so we want the choice that does not include the point . The correct choice is the graph:

Axes 1

 

Example Question #1 : Probability

When rolling a -sided die, what is the probability of rolling  or greater?

Possible Answers:

Correct answer:

Explanation:

When rolling a die, the following outcomes are possible:

Of the outcomes, outcomes are or greater. Therefore,

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