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Applications of the distance formula Worksheet

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1. Use the distance formula to find the distance between the following pair of points rounded to the nearest
tenth.
What is the distance between (-3, -4) and (2, -2)?
a. 7.8
b. 8.1
c. 4.6
d. 5.4

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2. The distance between point P (0, −5) and point Q(−3, −6) is √10 .

a. TRUE
b. FALSE

3. What is the distance between the two points (-3, 5) and (2, -7)?
a.
b.
c.
d. 13

4. Find the distance between (-3,4) and (1,7).

a. 3
b. 5
c. 2
d. 6

5. What is the distance between (4, -2) and (-5, -2)?

a. 9
b. 7
c. 4
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d. 12

6. Find the distance between the pair of points. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
(-9, -4) and (1, -1)
a. 10.44 units
b. 17.23 units
c. 15.33 units
d. 11.37 units

7. Find the distance between the pair of points. Round your answer to the nearest hundredth.
(−30, 6) and (−23, 0)

a. 6.32 units
b. 4.71 units
c. 5.58 units
d. 9.22 units

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8. The distance from the point (4,-3) to the point (-3,4) is 7√2 .

a. TRUE
b. FALSE

9.

Find the area of the triangle and round to the nearest hundredth.
a. 2 in
2

b. 6 in
2

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c. 2
8 in

d. 2
4 in

10. What is the distance between the points (9, -3) and (2, 4)? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.

Answer: