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Question 1183368: Beth and Jenny are meeting at Beth's grandmother's house next week to help her clean out her attic. The girls draw a map to plan out their route. Beth lives 3 miles from her grandmother and Jenny lives 4 miles from Beth's grandmother. The girls use the map to figure out how far they live from each other.
On a separate sheet of paper, draw a coordinate plane. Label the x and y axis, as well as the origin.
Randomly choose a point to represent Beth's grandmother's house. Make sure to label the point.
From the point, map out a straight line distance to Beth's house. Label the point as Beth's house.
Return to Grandmother's house and count a straight line distance to Jenny's house. Make sure to travel in a different direction from Beth's house. Label the point as Jenny's house.
Using the distance formula, find the straight line distance between Beth and Jenny's houses.
Complete your work in the space provided or upload a file that can display math symbols if your work requires it. Include the coordinate plane with all points and axes labeled, the distance between Beth and Jenny's house and the steps that you took to find the distance between the houses.
help me please i dont understand
Found 2 solutions by ikleyn, josgarithmetic:
Answer by ikleyn(52756)   (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! .
The info presented in the post, is not enough to answer the problem's questions and give a unique answer.
There are INFINITELY MANY possible configurations/locations satisfying the given description.
As it is worded, printed, posted and presented, it is not a Math problem, at all.
It is a free fantasy of a person, who, probably, never opened a Math textbook and never read/learned from it . . .
Answer by josgarithmetic(39614)  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website! No. In fact upon trying the problem , very obvious is there are infinitely many possible distances between Beth and Jenny.
Earlier, said ------------------------
Follow the description the way it is written, and actually plot some convenient points for locations of Beth and Jenny. You need a circle around Beth 3 miles (or units) radius and you need a circle of 4 miles (or units ) around Jenny. Other steps to choose should become clearer when you have done that much.
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