Question

Look for question in reply, I've tried everything but the distance formula just wont help me, please help.

Answer 1

I've tried like 10 distance calculators, graph calculators, my head, but I just cannot get the answer right, i have wasted like 30 minutes on this and I want to stop wasting my time, please help me out

Answer 2

first find the distance from E to A then distance from A to G Do you know where station G is on the map ?

Answer 3

It's at (3,6) supposedly

Answer 4

no its south of A so its at (3,-6)the distance formula foe Ag is sqrt [(3^2 + (-6)^2)]

Answer 5

and for EA is sqrt (1^2 + 2^2)

Answer 6

I type the negative evry time i try to calculate

Answer 7

I just cannot for the life of me get the answer correct

Answer 8

when using your calculator be sure you put all the parentheses in

Answer 9

I do, nonthing is workthing, every time i try to submit, it says im wrong, i do everything right

Answer 10

or do the squaring first , then add and finally do the square root

Answer 11

I've done this, It just wont work, I will medal for anything leading me to the answer, like an equation or just the answer

Answer 12

hmm notice Station A is a 0,0
Station G is 3 units to the east, -3
and 6 units to the south, -6
G (-3, -6)

and Station E is at (-2,1)
\(\bf \textit{distance between 2 points}\\ \quad \\
\begin{array}{lllll}
&x_1&y_1&x_2&y_2\\
% (a,b)
E&({\color{red}{ -2}}\quad ,&{\color{blue}{ 1}})\quad
% (c,d)
G&({\color{red}{ -3}}\quad ,&{\color{blue}{ -6}})
\end{array}\qquad
% distance value
d = \sqrt{({\color{red}{ x_2}}-{\color{red}{ x_1}})^2 + ({\color{blue}{ y_2}}-{\color{blue}{ y_1}})^2}
\\ \quad \\

d = \sqrt{({\color{red}{ (-3)}}-{\color{red}{ (-2)}})^2 + ({\color{blue}{ (-6)}}-{\color{blue}{ 1}})^2}\)