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)

Answers in the comments.


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  1. 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)
    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

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