Distance Between Two Points
Learning Goal
Visual 1: Click, drag, and drop the points to explore the distance between them.
Question 1: Use the visual to...
Find the distance between each set of two points:
Explain how you know.
Question 1: Check your answer.
Visual 2: Click, drag, and drop the points to explore the distance between them.
Question 2: Use the visual to...
Find the distance between (1,1) and (8,6).
Question 2: Check your answer.
Attention: Did you notice the right triangle?
Wherever there is a diagonal distance, there is also a right triangle.
Click the most correct choice.
Visual 3: Click, drag, and drop the points and the lengths to estimate the distance.
Question 3: Use the visual to...
Estimate the distance between each set of two points in terms of the lengths of the hypotenuse and legs of the right triangle:
What patterns are there between these lengths? Use the words hypotenuse and leg.