a ferry sets sail from an island located at (4,12) on a map. its destination is ferry landing b at (6,2).how far will the ferry travel if each unit on the grid is 0.5 mile?
Using the distance fromula, we have
D =√[(4 - 6)^2 + (12 - 2)^2] =
√[4 + 100]=
√104=
2√26 units
And since each unit is.5 miles we just need to divide this by 2 to get
√26 miles ≈ 5.099 miles

