Learning Goal: Create a need for calculating the distance between two points and show how it relates to the Pythagorean Theorem.
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Standards
- Common Core
- HSG.GPE.B.7 – Use coordinates to compute perimeters of polygons and areas of triangles and rectangles, e.g., using the distance formula.
- TEKS
- G.2(B) – derive and use the distance, slope, and midpoint formulas to verify geometric relationships, including congruence of segments and parallelism or perpendicularity of pairs of lines