On a map’s coordinate grid, Panthersville is located at (−3, 2), and Heel City is located at (4, 8). Falconton is the midpoint between Panthersville and Heel City. What is the approximate distance from Panthersville to Falconton? (Each unit on the grid represents 1 mile.) A. 3.25 miles B. 4.61 miles C. 5.00 miles D. 9.22 miles

The approximate distance from Panthersville to Falconton is: B: 4.61 miles.

Step-by-step explanation:

Objective: Find the distance from Panthersville to Falconton. (Which is just half of the distance from Panthersville to Heel City because Falconton is the midpoint between both cities.)

First we need to find the distances from Panthersville to Heel City, which we are given the coordinates. ( Panthersville (-3,2) & Heel City (4, 8) )

-To find the distance between the two cities we use the distance formula:

d= √(x2 - x1) ^2 + (y2 - y1)^2 , so we set (-3,2) as x1 and y1 while (4,8) x2 and y2 and we just plug it in.

Once we plug it in we get:

d= √(4 - -3)^2 + (8 - 2) ^2

Then we solve the numbers in the parenthesis  (4 - -3) = 7 and (8 - 2) = 6 so now we have:

d= √(7)^2 + (6) ^2

Next we solve for the exponents  (7)^2 = (7 x 7 = 49) and (6)^2 = ( 6 x 6= 36) now it look like this:

d= √49 + 36

After that we just add both numbers together (49 + 36) = 85

d= √85

Now all we have to do is square root 85 which is just 9.219544457, just round it to the nearest hundredth and you will get 9.22.

So the distance from Panthersville to Heel City is about 9.22 miles.

Now we found the full distance we now need to find the distance from  Panthersville to Falconton which is just half of that distance due to   Falconton being the midpoint.  

All we have to do is divide 9.22 by 2 and we get 4.61.

The distance from Panthersville to Falconton is 4.61 miles.