Landen Leon

Mathematics

17 November, 01:58

Jeff is traveling from Atlanta to Columbia and then to Charleston. He decides to plot the cities on a coordinate plane. He puts Atlanta at (0, 0), Columbia at (21, 0) and Charleston at (24, - 11). He lets each tick mark represent 10 miles. Which formula would correctly solve for the distance from Columbia to Charleston?

A)

242 + (-11) 2

B)

242 - 112

C)

32 + (-11) 2

D)

32 - 112