document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1042761>Question 1042761</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> 	Jaxon and Isaac live different directions from the city center. Jaxon lives 10 blocks east and 5 blocks north. Isaac lives 8 blocks west and 15 blocks south. \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "a. The city center is the origin. What would the coordinates be for Jaxon and Isaac? What quadrant would each of them live in?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "b. If Jaxon and Isaac wanted to ride bikes to each other’s house, how far would it be to travel one way?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "c. If they decide to meet in the middle and then ride to Jaxon’s house, how far would it be? What would the coordinate be for the middle?<BR>\n" );
document.write( "d. If the city blocks were overlaid on a coordinate grid, what would be the slope of the straight line that would connect Jaxon’s home to Isaac’s home? Would it be horizontal, vertical or neither? </SPAN>\n" );
document.write( "</I><HR><TABLE width=100%><TR><TD><B><A HREF=http://www.algebra.com/>Algebra.Com's</A> Answer #658568 by </B><A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><B>Boreal(15235)</B></A><img src=\"/images/stars/stars-13.gif\" alt=\"\" >&nbsp;<A HREF=/tutors/aboutme.mpl?userid=Boreal><IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/images/aboutme-small.gif BORDER=0 alt=\"About Me\" VALIGN=MIDDLE></A>&nbsp;<IMG SRC=http://www.algebra.com/cgi-bin/show-face.mpl?user=Boreal><BR>You can <A HREF=\"/cgi-bin/embed-solution.mpl?show=1&solution=658568\">put this solution on YOUR website!</A><BR><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> Jaxon lives at (10,5), Q1<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Isaac livs at (-8,-15), Q3<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The distance is the square root of the difference of the x values squared added to the difference of the y values squared.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The x-values are 18 apart, and that squared is 324.  The y-values are 20 apart, and that squared is 400.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "The square root of their sum is sqrt (724), which is 26.91 units.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "To find the middle, average the x values and average the y-values.  It would be (1,-5), or 1 unit east and 5 units south.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "The slope of the line is the difference between the y divided by the difference between the x.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "That is (5-(-15))/(10-(-8))=20/18=10/9, so the answer is neither.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y-5=(10/9)(x-10)<BR>\n" );
document.write( "y=(10/9)x-(55/9)<BR>\n" );
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