mei is knitting a scarf with diagonal stripes before she began she laid out the pattern on a coordinate grid where each unit represented 2 inches. On the grid the first stripe began at (2,0) and ended at (5,4). All the stripes are the same length. How many inches long is each stripe on the scarf?

Respuesta :

The distance between two points on the coordinate geometry is [tex]d = \sqrt{(x_1 - x_2)^2 + (y_1 - y_2)^2}[/tex]. The first stripe is 10 inches long.

Given that:

[tex](x_1,y_1) = (2,0)[/tex]

[tex](x_2,y_2) = (5,4)[/tex]

First, we calculate the number of units using distance formula:

[tex]d = \sqrt{(x_1 - x_2)^2 + (y_1 - y_2)^2}[/tex]

So, we have:

[tex]d = \sqrt{(2 - 5)^2 + (0 - 4)^2}[/tex]

[tex]d = \sqrt{(-3)^2 + (-4)^2}[/tex]

[tex]d = \sqrt{25}[/tex]

Take positive square root

[tex]d = 5[/tex]

From the question, we understand that each unit is 2 inches.

So, the length of the stripe is:

[tex]Length = 2 \times d[/tex]

[tex]Length = 2 \times 5[/tex]

[tex]Length = 10[/tex]

Hence, the first stripe is 10 inches long.

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