Problem/Situation:
The town of Newton is mapped on a coordinate grid with the origin being at the City Hall. The café is located at the point (-3, 9) and the bookstore is located at (3,1).
How far is it from the café to the bookstore?
(Provide answer, solution, and explanation please)
Answers & Comments
Let's say that the coordinates of the café is point and the bookstores' is point . So we have the values:
Now we can use those values in the Distance Formula.
Answer:
The distance is .