Objective: To develop rules for finding the distance between two points, given their coordinates. Tasks 1. Prepare the coordinate plane below on a graph paper. Plot the points AGA, 5), BA, 1) , C(-3, -6), D(-3, -1), E(2, -8), FOG, 8), G-2, 4), and (5, 4) in the plane. 2, What is the distance, in units, between the two stated points? Copy the following table and record your answers in the ‘Distance’ column. Table 1 od Distance Expression Ad, 5), B,D C3, -6), D3, -1) E(2,-3), F6,-3) GC2, 4), HE5, 4) (a) How did you determine the distance? (b) Is there another way of finding the distance? If you have not plotted the coordinates, how would you calculated the distance? Lla 4, 4, 5. (©) Discuss what you notice about the x- and y- coordinates in each pair of points. Then determine how the results in the ‘Distance’ column can be calculated. (d) For each pair of points, write an expression to describe the distance between the two points in the Expression column. On the same coordinate plane, plot the following points PG, 2), Q6, -6), RC6,-4), S-6, 5), T12, 3), U4, 3), Vi-B, 5), and Wid, -5). Then copy the following table and record your answers to the questions, Table 2 Points Distance od PG, 2), Q6,-6) REG, -4), S-6, 5) | TQ, 3), U4, 3) Vi-3, -5), Wid, -5) (a) Find the distance, in units, between the two stated points. (b) In small groups, discuss what you notice about x- and y- coordinates in each pair of points and determine how the distance can be calculated. (© Represent the distance between each pair of points using an expression, What are your strategies to calculate the distance between each pair of points in Tables 1 and 2? Are your strategies the same for all points? Groups will share their ideas with the class. Next, observe the x- and y-coordinate of each pair of points, and the lines formed by these points. (a) What do you notice about the x-coordinates of the first two pairs of points in Tables 1 and 2? ‘Then draw a line to connect each of these pairs of points with a straight ruler. What type of lines are formed by these points? (b) What do you notice about the y-coordinate of the third and fourth pairs of points in Tables 1 and 2? Connect each of these pairs of points with a straight line. What type of lines are formed by these points?