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Distance
The Port of Long Beach to China
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Objective and Standard
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Students will solve real world cost problems byusing the distance formula.
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California Standards:
Geometry 15:
Students use the Pythagorean Theorem to determine distance and find missinglengths of sides of right triangles.
Geometry 17:
Students prove theorems usingcoordinate geometry, including the midpoint of aline segment, the distance formula, and variousforms of equations of lines and circles.
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The Cartesian Coordinate System
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The Cartesiancoordinate systemwas originallydeveloped by theFrench philosopherandmathematicianRené Descartes. You may recognizehis famous quote:
“ I think, therefore, I am.”
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