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Activity - 3 - Coordinate Geometry - Distance Formuluae-1

This document describes an activity to verify the distance formula through graphical means. Students are instructed to plot two points on graph paper, determine the distance between them using the formula, and measure the distance with a ruler to show the two values are the same. They then record their observations and conclusions, demonstrating that the distance formula accurately calculates the real distance between points on a graph.

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Activity - 3 - Coordinate Geometry - Distance Formuluae-1

This document describes an activity to verify the distance formula through graphical means. Students are instructed to plot two points on graph paper, determine the distance between them using the formula, and measure the distance with a ruler to show the two values are the same. They then record their observations and conclusions, demonstrating that the distance formula accurately calculates the real distance between points on a graph.

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Activity-3

Distance formula
OBJECTIVE
To verify the distance formula by graphical method.

MATERIAL REQUIRED:
Graph paper, glue, pen/pencil and ruler

METHOD OF CONSTRUCTION
1. Paste a graph paper of convenient size on a white sheet.
2. Draw the axis X′OX and Y′OY on the graph paper.
3. Take two points A(a, b) and B(c,d) on the graph paper and join them to
get a line segment AB.
DEMONSTRATION
1. Calculate the distance AB using distance formula.
2. Measure the distance between the two points A and B
using a ruler.
3. The distance calculated by distance formula and distance
measured by the ruler are the same.

OBSERVATION
1. Coordinates of the point A are
_______________. Coordinates of
the point B are _______________.
2. Distance AB, using distance formula is ______________.
3. Actual distance AB measured by ruler is
______________.
4. The distance calculated in (2) and actual distance measured
in (3) are ____.

APPLICATION
The distance formula is used in proving a number of results in
geometry.

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