Saturday, September 1, 2012
Slope, distance and the area of a triangle defined by three points
Here is a link to practice problems for slope, distance and the area of a triangle defined by three points.
Here are another three points and the origin: (1, 7) (4, 6) (3,-3) and (0,0)
Slope problems.
Find the slope of the line connecting the points. Write them as fractions in lowest terms. (Note: if the answer is a whole number, leave it as a whole number. 3 is simpler than 3/1.)
a) (1,7) and (4,6)
b) (1,7) and (3,-3)
c) (1,7) and (0,0)
d) (4,6) and (3,-3)
e) (4,6) and (0,0)
f) (3,-3) and (0,0)
Distance problems
Find the distance between the pairs of points and write the answer as a simplified square root.
a) (1,7) and (4,6)
b) (1,7) and (3,-3)
c) (1,7) and (0,0)
d) (4,6) and (3,-3)
e) (4,6) and (0,0)
f) (3,-3) and (0,0)
Areas of triangles
Find the areas of the triangles defined by the following three points.
a) (1,7), (4,6) and (0,0)
b) (1,7), (3,-3) and (0,0)
c) (4,6), (3,-3) and (0,0)
d) (1,7), (4,6) and(3,-3)
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Slope problems.
ReplyDeleteFind the slope of the line connecting the points. Write them as fractions in lowest terms. (Note: if the answer is a whole number, leave it as a whole number. 3 is simpler than 3/1.)
a) (1,7) and (4,6)
Answer: -1/3
b) (1,7) and (3,-3)
Answer: -5
c) (1,7) and (0,0)
Answer: 7
d) (4,6) and (3,-3)
Answer: 9
e) (4,6) and (0,0)
Answer: 3/2
f) (3,-3) and (0,0)
Answer: -1
Distance problems
Find the distance between the pairs of points and write the answer as a simplified square root.
a) (1,7) and (4,6)
Answer: sqrt(10)
b) (1,7) and (3,-3)
Answer: sqrt(104) = 2sqrt(26)
c) (1,7) and (0,0)
Answer: sqrt(50) = 5sqrt(2)
d) (4,6) and (3,-3)
Answer: sqrt(82)
e) (4,6) and (0,0)
Answer: sqrt(52) = 2sqrt(13)
f) (3,-3) and (0,0)
Answer: sqrt(18) = 3sqrt(2)
Areas of triangles
Find the areas of the triangles defined by the following three points.
a) (1,7), (4,6) and (0,0)
Answer: ½|6-28| = 11
b) (1,7), (3,-3) and (0,0)
Answer: ½|-3-21| = 12
c) (4,6), (3,-3) and (0,0)
Answer: ½|-12-18| = 15
d) (1,7), (4,6) and(3,-3)
subtract (1,7) from each point. Choice is arbitrary and won't change the answer.
(0,0), (3, -1) and (2, -10)
Answer: Answer: ½|-30- -2| = 14