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Vinil7
19 days ago
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You are setting up a zip line in your yard. You map out your yard in a coordinate plane. An equation of the line representing th

e zip line is y=2x+4y=2x+4. There is a tree in your yard at the point (−4, 11)(−4, 11). Each unit in the coordinate plane represents 1 foot. Approximately how far away is the tree from the zip line? Round your answer to the nearest tenth.
Mathematics
1 answer:
lawyer [9.2K]19 days ago
3 0

To address this issue, we will utilize the formula for determining the distance from a point to a line.

The formula is:

distance = | a x + b y + c | / sqrt (a^2 + b^2)

 

We have the line equation:

y = 2 x + 4

Rearranging it results in:

<span>y – 2 x – 4 = 0 --> a = -2, b = 1, c = -4</span>

 

The coordinates given are:

(-4, 11) = (x, y)

 

Substituting into the distance formula:

distance = | -2 * -4 + 1 * 11 + -4 | / sqrt [(- 2)^2 + (1)^2]

distance = 15 / sqrt (5)

distance ≈ 6.7

 

<span>Thus, the tree is approximately 6.7 ft from the zip line.</span>

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