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Other

The Coordinate Plane: Graphs & Graphing Calculators

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site provides exercises for graphing on the coordinate plane including distance formula, midpoint formula, graphs of equations, and graphing using a calculator.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Working With Distance (Length)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A seven-question quiz in which you'll answer questions about distance. You'll need to know how to find distance between points on a coordinate plane.
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Graphic
Government of Alberta

Learn Alberta: Distance Between Two Locations

For Students 9th - 10th
This Java applet allows the user to name any two points in a Cartesian system, see the segment on the screen and view how the distance between the two points is found.
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Unit Plan
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Finding a Missing Coordinate Using the Distance Formula: Lesson 2

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson demonstrates how to find missing x or y coordinate of a segment when given the distance between the two points on a coordinate plane. It is 2 of 4 in the series titled "Finding a Missing Coordinate using the Distance Formula."
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eBook
Math Planet

Math Planet: Geometry: Finding Distances and Midpoints

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discover how to find distances and midpoints by viewing examples and a video lesson. [1:07]
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Unit Plan
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Point Plane Distance

For Students 9th - 10th
Find the distance between a point and a plane using the algebraic formula for the plane and the Cartesian points. This MathWorld page has a labeled diagram to help clarify the equation variables.
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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Two Dimensional Distance Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this calculator to calculate the distance between 2 points by entering 2 sets of coordinates in the 3-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, (X1, Y1, Z1) and (X2, Y2, Z2), to get the distance formula calculation for the 2 points...
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Interactive
Calculator Soup

Calculator Soup: Three Dimensional Distance Calculator

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this calculator to calculate the distance between 2 points by entering 2 sets of coordinates in the 3-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system, (X1, Y1, Z1) and (X2, Y2, Z2), to get the distance formula calculation for the 2 points...
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Length of a Line Segment (Distance)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use the coordinate plane and Pythagorean theorem to determine the length of a line segment. Click on the "Topic Index" to find a related practice exercise and teacher resource.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Graphing Calculator Practice Problems: Point, Line, Planes, Angles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Practice using your graphing calculator for drawing and labeling points, lines, planes, and angles. If you get stumped or if you would like to check your work, then select the View Solution button, which is located directly under each...
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Handout
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Lines in the Coordinate Plane Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This comprehensive study guide highlights the main terms and formulas needed to review lines in the coordinate plane. Examples are included.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Midpoint Formula

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Find the midpoint of a segment on the coordinate plane, or find the endpoint of a segment given one point and the midpoint. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Hurricane! Saving Lives With Reasoning & Computer Science

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students develop and apply the distance formula and an x-y coordinate plane on a hurricane tracking map, and then use a map scale to determine distance in miles. Then, using MATLAB computer science programming language, students help...
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Analysis: Planes in Space

For Students 11th - 12th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] The equation of a plane on an x, y, z coordinate graph
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Handout
Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University

Npac Reu Program: Graphing With Coordinates in the Plane

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Northeast Parallel Architectures Center, Syracuse University provides a good five-part basic graphing instructor. Covers all the basics clearly. It is divided into links for easier navigation.
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Curated OER

Syracuse University: The Distance Formula

For Students 9th - 10th
This Northeast Parallel Architecture Center, University of Syracuse page explains how the distance formula is used in the coordinate plane using ordered pairs and the Pythagorean Formula.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Rhombi

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a rhombus in a coordinate plane.
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Trapezoids: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a trapezoid in a coordinate plane. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Coordinate...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Parallelograms: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram in a coordinate plane. It is 4 of 6 in the series titled "Coordinate...
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Looking for Mr. Right Triangle

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Navigator Activity: This is a review of the right triangle in the coordinate plane. Given two lines (2 really nice ones) the students write the equation of the 3rd line to create a right triangle. They find the vertices of the triangle...
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Unit Plan
Texas A&M University

Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: Intermediate Algebra

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is a tutorial for students in algebra 2 or for those who need a refresher. The site has explanations, definitions, examples, practice problems and practice tests are found covering topics such as linear equations, graphing,...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Isosceles Trapezoids: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is an isosceles trapezoid in a coordinate plane. It is 3 of 5 in the series titled...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Parallelograms: Lesson 1

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a parallelogram in a coordinate plane. It is 1 of 6 in the series titled "Coordinate...
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PPT
Sophia Learning

Sophia: Coordinate Geometry of Rectangles: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson will demonstrate how to use slope, midpoint, and distance formulas to determine from the coordinates of the vertices if a quadrilateral is a rectangle in a coordinate plane. It is 4 of 5 in the series titled "Coordinate...