We can calculate the distance of any diagonal line by imagining it as the hypotenuse of a right triangle.
If we rearrange the Pythagorean Theorem to solve for the hypotenuse we get theĀ Distance Formula.
The classwork sheet walks you through how the Pythagorean Theorem becomes the Distance Formula.
Classwork:
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