- Find the distance between the following points:
| a. | (2,4) and (7,3) | b. | (0,0) and (6,8) | c. | (-3,4) and (2,-5)
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- Find the distance between (1,8) and the line segment with endpoints
(2,3) and (4,9).
- Find the distance between (3,3) and the triangle with vertices
(0,0), (2,1) and (1,2).
- You want to measure the height of a tall tree in your backyard.
It is a sunny day outside, and you may assume that the shadow
cast by the tree is clear. You are given a stick of length 1m
and a tape measure. How can you calculate the height of the
tree?
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