Use the graph to answer the following questions.
You are helping to plan a community garden. Sprinklers need to be set up at each end of the garden plot for irrigation, plus one more at the midpoint.
A coordinate graph is shown. A line segment extends from point J, which is labeled 1 comma 5, down and to the right to point K, which is labeled 5 comma 0.
Question
Calculate the distance between points J and K to the nearest whole number.
(1 point)
Responses
3
3
4
4
5
5
6
6
To calculate the distance between points J and K, we can use the distance formula:
√((x2 - x1)^2 + (y2 - y1)^2)
Plugging in the coordinates for J (1, 5) and K (5, 0):
distance = √((5 - 1)^2 + (0 - 5)^2)
distance = √(4^2 + (-5)^2)
distance = √(16 + 25)
distance = √41
Rounded to the nearest whole number, the distance between points J and K is 6.