Foundation worksheet

9:01 Distance between points

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Examples
1 Use Pythagoras’ theorem to find the length of the hypotenuse.
a x2 = 6 2 + 8 2 8 b x2 = 72 + 102
= 36 + 64 = 100 = 49 + 100 x
7
6 = 149
x = 100 x

= 10 x = 149 10

2 Find the length of AB.

a Count straight y b Use Pythagoras’ y
5 B A (3, 5)
down from B to A, theorem. 5
4
i.e. from 5 to 1. 3 AB2 = 32 + 52 4
3
B (−2, 2) 3
Length AB = 4 2 = 34 2
1 A 5
0
AB = 34 1
1 2 3 4 x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 4 x

Exercise
1 Use Pythagoras’ theorem to find the length of the hypotenuse, x.
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a x b x
c d x
5 3 8
12
x
12 7
13
2 Find the distance AB in each of the following.
y y y
a y b c d
5 A 4 B 4
6 B
A 4 B 3 A 3
4
2 3 2 2
0 2 B 1 1
1 A
2 4 6 8 x
0 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 x −2 −1 0 1 x
1 2 3 4 x
3 Find the length of AB in each of the following.
y y y y
a b B (8, 8) c d B (1, 4)
5 B (5, 5) 8 5 A (1, 5) 4
4 6 4 3
3 4 3 2 A (5, 2)
2 2 A (0, 2) 2 1
1 A (1, 2) 0 1 B (2, 1) 0
0 2 4 6 8 x 0 1 2 3 4 5 x
1 2 3 4 5 x 1 2 3 x

e f y B (3, 8) g y h y
y 8 A (−3, 7) 8 B (−3, 0) 1
A (4, 3) 7 7
3 6 6 −3 −2 −1 1 x
2 5 5 −2
1 4 4 −3
0 A (−2, 4) 3 3 −4
−1 1 2 3 4 x 2 2 B (3, 2) −5 A (0, −5)
−2
−3 B (1, −2) 1 1 −6
−2 −1 0 1 2 3 x −3 −2 −1 0 1 2 3 x

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