Ben is interested in suspending a hammock from two trees. He put the location of his trees on a coordinate system with a unit spacing of 1 foot. Tree A is at (92, 44) and tree B is at (98, 52). A hammock, measured from loop to loop, should be two feet less than the distance between the trees. What length hammock should Ben purchase?Your answer:D 10 feetYou need to subtract 2 from the distance to find the length of the hammock.Correct answer:B 8 feetUse the distance formula to find the distance between the two trees. Distance=(y1−y2)2+(x1−x2)2−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−√. Substitute the coordinates of the two trees: (44−52)2+(92−98)2−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−−√. This simplifies to (−8)2+(−6)2−−−−−−−−−−−√. The distance between the two trees is 10. However, since the hammock needs to be two feet less than the distance, Ben needs a hammock that is
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