Answer:
1. 5
2. [tex]\sqrt{85}[/tex]
3. [tex]\sqrt{26}[/tex]
Step-by-step explanation:
1. just count the units: 5 units
2. Find the slope = rise/run = -7/6
you now have a right triangle, one side is 7 units (from the rise), and the other is 6 units (from the run)
use the pythagorean theorem to find the hypotenuse.
[tex]a^{2} +b^{2} =c^{2}[/tex]
[tex]7^{2} + 6^{2} = c^{2}[/tex]
49 + 36 = [tex]c^{2}[/tex]
85 = [tex]c^{2}[/tex]
[tex]\sqrt{85} = \sqrt{ c^{2}[/tex]
[tex]\sqrt{85} = c[/tex]
Simplify the radical, but [tex]\sqrt{85}[/tex] is farthest that it can go, so that is the answer.
3. same process as 2
slope = -1/5
[tex]1^{2} + 5^{2} = c^{2}[/tex]
1 + 25 = [tex]c^{2}[/tex]
26 = [tex]c^{2}[/tex]
[tex]\sqrt{26} = c[/tex]
That is the farthest it can go, so that will be the answer.
