Use the graph to answer the following questions.

Question

You are helping to plan a community garden. Sprinklers need to be set up at each end of the garden plot for irrigation, plus one more at the midpoint.

A coordinate graph is shown. A line segment extends from point J, which is labeled 1 comma 5, down and to the right to point K, which is labeled 5 comma 0.

Question
Calculate the distance between points J and K to the nearest whole number.

(1 point)
Responses

3
3

4
4

5
5

6
6

Answer 1

To calculate the distance between points J and K, we can use the distance formula:

√((x2 - x1)^2 + (y2 - y1)^2)

Plugging in the coordinates for J (1, 5) and K (5, 0):

distance = √((5 - 1)^2 + (0 - 5)^2)
distance = √(4^2 + (-5)^2)
distance = √(16 + 25)
distance = √41

Rounded to the nearest whole number, the distance between points J and K is 6.