Given:
Ty’s house is located ( 7,8) and the library is located ( 7,-6).
Each unit on the coordinate plane represents 1 block.
To find:
The number of blocks from Ty’s house to the library.
Solution:
Distance formula:
[tex]D=\sqrt{(x_2-x_1)^2+(y_2-y_1)^2}[/tex]
We need to find the distance between the two points ( 7,8) and ( 7,-6).
Using the distance formula, we get
[tex]D=\sqrt{(7-7)^2+(-6-8)^2}[/tex]
[tex]D=\sqrt{(0)^2+(-14)^2}[/tex]
[tex]D=\sqrt{196}[/tex]
[tex]D=14[/tex]
The distance between the two points ( 7,8) and ( 7,-6) is 14 units.
We know that, each unit on the coordinate plane represents 1 block.
Therefore, there are 14 blocks from Ty’s house to the library.
