As the Crow Flies
- Author:
- Meradith kalchik
- Topic:
- Geometry
As the Crow Flies
1. How many blocks would you have to drive to get from your house to your friend’s house? Draw a path that you would drive, and calculate the distance.
2. What if you could use a helicopter to fly straight from your house to your friend’s house? Draw the path that you would take. How could you find the distance “as the crow flies”?
3. How could you find the midpoint between your house and your friends house? What would the midpoint be?
4. How could you use the coordinates to calculate the distance “as the crow flies” from your house to your friend’s house? Could you write a formula or equation to calculate the distance?
5. Suppose that your uncle lives two blocks east and one block south of the school and that you decide to stop by his house on the way home from your friend’s house. Compute the round-trip distance from your house to your friend’s house, to your uncle’s house, and then back to your own house. a. Draw a picture to show your solution. b. Show how you could find the round-trip distance by using only coordinates.