What potential strategies could you use to find the distance from the Bumper Cars to the roller Coaster? Check all that apply. (2 points)
Draw the diagonal; drop a right triangle to see the vertical distance of 9 and horizontal distance of 6; use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for the diagonal distance; approximately 3.87 units
Use the distance formula using the points (-5,4) and (4,-2); approximately 10.8 units
Use the distance formula using the points (-5,4) and (-2,4); approximately 2.6 units
Draw the diagonal; drop a right triangle to see the vertical distance of 6 and horizontal distance of 9; Add 6+9=15; 15 units
Count the diagonal squares from the bumper cars to the roller coaster.
Draw the diagonal; drop a right triangle to see the vertical distance of 6 and horizontal distance of 9; use the Pythagorean
Theorem to solve for the diagonal distance; approximately 10.8 units
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- Use the distance formula using the points (-5,4) and (4,-2); approximately 10.8 units
- Use the distance formula using the points (-5,4) and (-2,4); approximately 2.6 units
- Draw the diagonal; drop a right triangle to see the vertical distance of 6 and horizontal distance of 9; Add 6+9=15; 15 units
- Draw the diagonal; drop a right triangle to see the vertical distance of 6 and horizontal distance of 9; use the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for the diagonal distance; approximately 10.8 units